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I read this for the first time 2 years ago while in Italy; there's just something special about walking around the same cities that Dante the poet had experienced (centuries apart) and feeling more connected with him and the writing that i thought im
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'No. He swore after his first wife that he would never remarry, but he upset Zeus in a pretty big way recently. And the big man's punishments cut deep.'
“I love you.” Shane froze. And then Ilya froze. “Holy shit,” Shane whispered. It wasn’t how he had meant to respond. “I...” Ilya’s eyes were so wide and so scared. “I love you too,” Shane said.”
― Heated Rivalry
― Heated Rivalry
“The stupid part of Shane wanted to fight for Ilya. For them. The sensible part—the part that was in control of most things in Shane’s life—knew there couldn’t possibly be a future with Ilya. There couldn’t be a present with Ilya. They needed to end things quickly”
― Heated Rivalry
― Heated Rivalry
“Because he would have to walk away. This thing was already getting too complicated.”
― Heated Rivalry
― Heated Rivalry
“and on top of everything, I’m pretty sure I’m in love with you and I don’t know what to do about it.”
― Heated Rivalry
― Heated Rivalry
“You see what I’m getting at: wherever there are facts, those facts are embellished, through both omission and exaggeration, beyond the factual.”
― Blackouts
― Blackouts
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