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" Of course you get a say,' Libby corrected him. 'You can say, 'Libby, I love you and I support you,' or you can say something else.' She swallowed before adding, 'But believe me, Ezra, there are only two answers here. If you don't say one, you're saying the other. "
― Olivie Blake , The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
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" He’s just also very, um—” “Grumpy,” said Nico. “Well, I wouldn’t—” “He’s grumpy,” Nico repeated. “Varona, I’m trying t-” “He’s grumpy,” Nico said loudly. “Maybe he’s shy,” countered Libby, unconvincingly. "
― Olivie Blake , The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
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" If I ever decide to give my heart to you, Dima, she’d said, holding his hand palm up, then cut it out of my chest and keep it somewhere safe, where no one else can get to it. Keep it locked somewhere, she murmured, repeating the old stories as she brushed her lips against the lines of his palm: Inside a needle, inside of an egg, which is inside of a duck, which is inside a hare, which is in an iron chest—and then bury it under our green oak tree, Dima, where no one will ever find it.
Keep it safe for me, Dima, will you? "
― Olivie Blake , One For My Enemy