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Life-giving, life-stealing, beautiful, a challenge to handle, worth learning to ride, full of fresh wonders every day—if he’d had a woman like the ocean in his bed, he’d still be there.
“Let’s go rattle the stars.” CHAPTER”
― Throne of Glass
― Throne of Glass
“Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.”
― Iron Flame
― Iron Flame
“There is nothing wrong with being kissed on the cheek by a sweet round woman in a café after you have nearly died.”
― Virgil Wander
― Virgil Wander
“About how we often mistake love for fireworks—for drama and dysfunction. But real love is very quiet, very still. It’s boring, if seen from the perspective of high drama. Love is deep and calm—and constant.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“It felt like ink and stars and magic, and I never wanted it to end.”
― Litani
― Litani
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, Women's Fiction, and short-stories
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