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“There are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

“And if beauty is terror,” said Julian, “then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?”
“To live,” said Camilla.
“To live forever,” said Bunny, chin cupped in palm.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History