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Blackheart Knights by Laure Eve

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“So you slept with a Medici. It doesn’t stop you being Michelangelo.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared

tags: art, art-market, art-world, artist, medici, michelangelo

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“Like the address, the note was printed in Comic Sans, which seemed like a slight in itself.”
― Kevin Wignall, Those Who Disappeared

tags: comic-sans, font, funny, humor

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“Waste the air and speak,” the telepathic voice growled, “or I’ll rip your mind to shreds until nothing but a wish to die remains inside it.”
― Jesse Nolan Bailey, The Jealousy of Jalice

tags: fantasy, fear, horror, torture

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“Answer her name, and you’re a fool. Answer his, and you’re a liar.”
― Rachel Alexander, Destroyer of Light

tags: goddess, greek-gods, greek-mythology, hades, hades-and-persephone, persephone

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“Because my dear, it’s when you suffer that you know it’s real.”
― Nick Askew

tags: ensoulment, heartbreak, love, pain

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