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“Everyone wants to feel like they could destroy a small-to-medium-to-large part of someone who loves them.”
― Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing

“Don't give into him at all. Deny yourself. Because then your eyes will not be clouded by a madness that you cannot control, and then you will be able to learn to see him as he is. Do you understand?”
― Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin

“Music made her feel as if she were holding a lamp that cast a halo of light around her, and while she knew there were people and responsibilities in the darkness beyond it, she couldn't see them. The flame of what she felt when she played made her deliciously blind.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Curse

“But now you love a hyacinth. So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey