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“You’re the most important thing in the world to me.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

“I am selfish. I am cruel. My mate cannot be less than I.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“I savor bitterness - it is born of experience. It is the privilege of one who has truly lived.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“When I say forever,' Koschei whispered, 'I mean until the black death of the world. An Ivan means just the present moment, the flickering light of it, in a green field, his mouth on yours. He means the stretching of that moment. But forever isn't bright; it isn't like that. Forever is cold and hard and final.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless