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“men generally preferred you to be a set piece in the story they made up, rather than an active player.”
― Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King

“You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish. How jealous I am you cannot know. You must come with me, loving me, to death; or else hate me, and still come with me, and hating me through death and after. There is no such word as indifference in my apathetic nature.”
― Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla

“I have never been in love with no one, and never shall," she whispered, "unless it should be with you.”
― Sheridan le Fanu, Carmilla

“You're an absolutely stunning, murderous little creature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash