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“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“I love when you look at me that way.” I searched his eyes. “How?” “Like you might possibly love me in the same extraordinary way that I love you.”
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“It’s weird the thing with Henry could make him understand this huge part of himself, but it does. When he sinks into thoughts of Henry’s hands, square knuckles and elegant fingers, he wonders how he never realized it before. When he sees Henry next at a gala in Berlin, and he feels that gravitational pull, chases it down in the back of a limo, and binds Henry’s wrists to a hotel bedpost with his own necktie, he knows himself better.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“You have suffered a tragedy most could neither imagine, nor endure. Yet here you stand, breathing, living. Which is the most difficult thing to do. People often admire physical strength, but I believe it’s the simple things one does after a tragedy that defines them. There is no greater show of power than continuing to live when you’d like nothing more than to lie down and let the world fade.”
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“If you had to choose,” he asked, “would you want your heart or your hand?” (...) “They are both mine.” I drew my brows together. “I don’t have to choose.”
― Escaping from Houdini
― Escaping from Houdini
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