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“The person who was supposed to love me the hardest-the most unconditionally-has always wanted me gone. No matter how hard I tried to be perfect. Now, this boy-who knows all my imperfections and has seen all my hurt laid bare-wants me to stay.”
― Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In

“Maybe I'm not so ugly after all. Maybe no one is really ugly, and maybe no one has the right to call someone that or tell them that they are. Maybe the only real ugliness is what lives inside some people.”
― Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In

“I reach out my hand to pull her up, and the look Lira gives me is nothing short of poisonous. “Do you want me to chop it off?” she asks. I keep my hand hovering in the space between us. “Not particularly.” “Then get it out of my face.”
― Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

“The truth is, it's exactly what I want, but I'm so scared of wanting it and even more scared of actually having it.”
― Angelo Surmelis, The Dangerous Art of Blending In