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“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Jules: Emma, God, Emma. I love you so much.
Emma: Julian, I...
Jules: Don't. I don't want to hear anything reasonable, not now. I don't want logic. I want this.
Emma: But you need to know ...
Jules: I don't. I've been broken for weeks. I need to be whole again. Even if it doesn't last.
Emma: it can't last. It'll break our hearts.
Jules: Break my heart. Break it in pieces. I give you permission.”
― Cassandra Clare, Lord of Shadows

“Without lifting his head from his own journal, he said, “Not having any luck figuring me out, then? Don’t worry, you’ll get better with practice. And, yes”—he grinned wickedly, eyes fixed on his paper—“you’ll still fancy me tomorrow no matter how much you wish otherwise. I’m unpredictable, and you adore it. Just as I cannot wrap my massive brain around the equation of you and yet adore it.”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

“You are the one who wanted a happy ending, my dear. So you tell me, how does the story end?"
Tears slipped from my face, and he wiped them away with his thumbs.
"The foolish young man lets the beautiful maiden go."
"Yes." His voice was clotted thick with unshed emotion. "He lets her go.”
― S. Jae-Jones, Wintersong