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“Juliette will never, ever forgive me.
I will lose her.
And it will kill me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Does it really matter? Don't we have more important things to contend with than the staid details of my previous relationships?" "Normally? Yes. But when the supreme commander of North America is your ex-girlfriend, and she's already feeling really stressed about the fact that you've been lying to her? And then all of a sudden you other ex-girlfriend shows up and Juliette doesn't even know about her? And she realizes there are, like, a thousand other things you've lied to her about and then our very powerful supreme commander gets, like, super, super pissed? I don't know man, I don't see that ending well.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“You have to get it together, girl, or you're not going to get through this alive. You have no idea what's going on behind the scenes or what the other commanders have in store for you. Lena won't be the last of us to arrive here, you know. And no one is coming here to play nice." "Good. Let them come.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“He smiles. "You know- I feel everything when you touch me, love. I can feel your excitement. Your nervousness. Your pleasure. And I love it," he says quietly. "I love the way you respond to me. I love the way you want me. I feel it when you lose yourself, the way you trust me when we're together. And I feel your love for me," he whispers. "I feel it in my bones,”
― Tahereh Mafi, Defy Me