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“Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“He's being sarcastic. I hate when people are sarcastic. It's so cheap.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before

“You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if I could." I realized I was shaking as the words tumbled out of me. "I would do it again and again. Every night I would torment you and laugh. Do you understand? You are never safe with me." I drew a shuddering breath, trying to will away the sting of tears.
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
He opened his eyes and stared up at me as if I were the door out of Arcadia and back to the true sky. "That's what makes you my favorite." He reached up and wiped a tear off my cheek with his thumb. "Every wicked bit of you.”
― Cruel Beauty
“If love is like a possession, maybe my letter are like my exorcisms”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“To belong to someone—I didn’t know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that’s all I’ve ever wanted. To really be somebody’s, and to have them be mine.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before

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