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61 " and I told myself to carry this moment as a talisman of a time in my life when I was both truly content and lucky enough to realize it. "
― Heather Cocks , The Royal We (Royal We, #1)
62 " It’s unrealistic to expect to find peace in the arms of someone else if you can’t find it within yourself "
― Heather Cocks , The Heir Affair (Royal We, #2)
63 " People change.” “No, they don’t,” Eleanor said. “They simply change costumes. Underneath, they’re who they always were. "
64 " was never a religious person, although I hoped the afterlife existed; all those artists and warriors and thinkers and lovers seemed awfully wasted if their only point was to kiss the earth once and leave. "
65 " look like I hate Cinderella, yet now, to the world, I am Cinderella. "
66 " I look like I hate Cinderella, yet now, to the world, I am Cinderella. "
67 " Men are like the monarchy itself, aren’t they? Splendid to look at, occasionally fun to have around, but cruel and pointless to the end "
68 " I liked that used books brought with them their own history—every dog-ear, every stain, every crease. Maybe a book was slightly faded because someone had left it in the sun on their honeymoon. Maybe page ninety-eight was turned at the corner because it contained a glorious insult, or the perfect romantic turn of phrase. Maybe the person who’d highlighted nearly every line had graduated at the top of her class. Secondhand books could have lived in tiny walk-ups or hotel rooms or the White House—or, here, even in Balmoral Castle itself. Each book was a mystery, its secrets hidden in plain sight. "
69 " Sometimes your mind dangles the worst case behavior in front of you specifically so that you can be aware that you’re choosing to resist it. "
70 " it’s hard to be free and clear for whatever comes along when you’re not making any room for anything to come along. "
71 " costume we’d worn last Halloween to great acclaim: I would be an angelic Little White Lie, and she—winking at being the better-behaved twin in real life—would be a Dirty Little Secret. This involved snug-fitting white (for me) and black (for her) V-neck T-shirts—Lacey is all about Just Enough Cleavage, although she has more of it than I do, and so the V on mine fell almost low enough to be indecent—and silver Sharpies tied to our belt loops, so that people could jot down on our bodies their various anonymous fibs and close-held truths. "
72 " I don’t understand why it’s so easy for you to believe the worst,” he says. “It’s never easy, Nick, it’s agony,” I say, a sob rising in my throat. "
73 " You’ll always feel better once you get off your butt’ is my motto. If you can’t change your own circumstances, then change someone else’s. "
74 " Apparently, the main duty of the Duchess of Clarence was finagling recalcitrant royals into talking. "
75 " The rhythmic pounding of my feet had a metronome effect on my thoughts. They didn’t tangle up in each other the way they sometimes did when I was sitting on our couch; they simply came in an orderly way, one after the other, check, check, check. "
76 " If you can’t change your own circumstances, then change someone else’s. "
77 " A person is always the hero in their own story, and thus an unreliable narrator. "
78 " I should also like to buy clothing on the internet. Things I don’t need, seasonally inappropriate, and very unlikely to fit properly. "
79 " If you do everything for other people then, by definition, you’ve done nothing for yourself. Selfishness is a highly underrated value. "
80 " It’s almost worse to miss someone when they’re standing right in front of you. "