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“He has a hundred thousand million kisses and he's giving them all to me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me

“My darling girl, I love you, have courage, my mother wrote, and keep far away from Orion Lake.”
― Naomi Novik, A Deadly Education

“I couldn’t help knowing she would have told me off for giving him the least encouragement, in the strongest terms possible for her, and also that she’d be absolutely right: I hadn’t any business agreeing to be with someone who told me in all sincerity that I was his only hope of happiness in the world, at least not until he’d sorted his own head out and diversified.”
― Naomi Novik, The Last Graduate

“Why do you call her ‘love’?” James asks. “I’ve heard you say that before, too. A lot. Are you in love with her? I think Adam’s in love with her. Kenji’s not in love with her, though. I already asked him.”
Warner blinks at him.
“Well?” James asks.
“Well what?”
“Are you in love with her?”
“Are you in love with her?”
“What?” James blushes. “No. She’s like a million years older than me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me