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“She loved at light-speed. No hesitation. No regrets. No conditions. No reservations. While he hoarded his chips and held a part of himself back, she went all in. Every time. There were moments when you saw the people you loved for who they really were, separate from the baggage of projection and shared histories. When you saw them with fresh eyes, as a stranger might, and caught the feeling of the first time you loved them. Before the tears and the armor chinks. When there was still the possibility of perfection.”
― Blake Crouch, Pines: The gripping first instalment of the blockbuster Wayward Pines trilogy

“You’re trying to hold onto your twenties, just like those poor souls who hold onto their high school days or their petty grudges.”
― T.J. Payne, The Venue

“I killed a monster that night but, in some ways, I made two more: Her and me.”
― Matt Shaw, Patchwork

“Great. So you’re on board. We’re moving to Story Lake, and you can help me spy on the Bishop brothers.”
― Lucy Score, Story of My Life