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"There's no point in borrowing worry."

I just forgot how to breathe. I was NOT expecting to have Lori Prince whisper "you. are. amazing" into my ear after that scene, holy fuck. 🥵

“I love you. And I am yours. Only yours.”

“No, nobody is worthy of her. Nobody. And yet here I am, begging.” Erato met the amber gaze head on for the first time since climbing the stage. “When they clamour for your attention and your skill, for what you can do for them… I am here to tell you that my life is for you. I’ll give you my every day. I’ll spend all of them worshiping you. Cherishing you.”

“Some things don’t work out, not because we are not enough, or too much. Some things don’t work out because others are on their way.”

“I will, Muse, I will please. Patience…”

Abby Craden saying “Darling” in that low, velvet-dipped voice with just the right edge of affection or command or smirk should be its own trope at this point.

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"One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else. ​— ​MAYA ANGELOU"

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"It wasn’t just the swoonworthy moments, but the quiet ones, too. The morning coffees and shared routines, the learning, the laughter, the softness of being truly known."

"The best love stories weren’t the ones where someone came to the rescue, but the ones where someone held your hand and said, You’re already everything."

MAX, RUN! This is not healthy!!!

"Who would have imagined that it would be books that not only saved her but also transformed her life in every way possible?"

oh.my.god. 🥵

“I see you,” Ella whispered.
Max smiled, something soft and unguarded breaking across her face. “I know.”

"They kissed with wonderful abandon. They were free in so many ways these days. No more sneaking around. They were real and true and unencumbered."

omfg this friendship is SO TOXIC!!!

"She was exquisite. A woman to be painted, yet here she stood in front of Ella, hers. “How are you so perfect?” she asked, moving immediately to Max with purpose. She captured her mouth with a hungry kiss before Max could answer."

"When her lips pressed to Ella’s, the world, flat and lifeless, sparked into three-dimensional colour. Ella went up on her toes, her hands moved to cradle Max’s face. It wasn’t a soft kiss in the slightest, but came with the brand of urgency that said they were making up for a lifetime of not doing exactly this."

"She met Max’s eyes and went up on her toes, her mouth close to Max’s ear. “I want to know you.”
When she went back down onto her heels, Max’s smile faded into what can only be described as sincerity. “I want you to know me, too."

My heart! Rachel can fuck off. Can we skip to the good part already PLEASE! 😩

“You seem well-adjusted and emotionally available.”
Max laughed. “If I do, it probably wasn’t nurture.”
“Ouch. What’s going on there?”
“Just a family dinner. No big deal, except expectations for perfection will be high. That was always the case in my house. No screwups. Ever.”

GIRL, SAME. I love Max already!

Aww I love them! 🥰

“They are not going to break me. No matter how hard they try.”

I really want a book from Lucia Mar's perspective.

"This one is something called a Canadian. Part French. Part maple syrup. Weirdly obsessed with ice hockey and snowmobiles and semi-erotic lumberjack fan fiction. Has a well-worn Tim Hortons loyalty card. Says “aboot” instead of “about” and gets really, really upset when you point it out, claiming you’re hearing things and that it’s a harmful stereotype. It’s not a stereotype, and that’s exactly how it sounds."

LMFAO

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"Sometimes, things are exactly what they seem to be. Sometimes, there are no surprises, and despite that, despite your intention to gird yourself against what’s about to come, it still hits you with the force of a kick to the stomach."

PSA: This book is full of wisdomous gold. But I personally recommend either gluing together or just straight up tearing out chapter 15. The ABC loop is manipulative af in my opinion and goes against everything the rest of the book is about.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

"Emotions are just a burst of chemicals in your brain that ignite and are absorbed into your body within six seconds. Most emotions will rise up, and then fall away, within 90 seconds, if you don’t react to them. You cannot control your emotions from rising up. Trying to is a waste of your time. The better strategy is learning to just Let Them rise up and then fall without reacting."

"Let Them go silent. Let Them erupt. Let Them play the victim. Let Them sulk. Let Them deny that it happened. Let Them make it all about them. Then, Let Me. Let Me be the mature, wise, and loving adult in this situation. Let Me decide if I want to address this directly or not at all."