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121 " When Aldo spoke of Regan his voice had a tendency to change, illumination rising near his cheeks. "You should see her work," he would say the same way someone else might have said: Come outside, come look at the stars. "
― Olivie Blake , Alone With You in the Ether
122 " this is when she knows- god, she knows- that she loves him so deeply and so passionately and so devastatingly that by the time she tells him, the words will inevitably feel empty and small. "
123 " More interesting than the game is always the players, you know. Well, I suppose more accurately,” he amended, “the game is different depending on the players. "
― Olivie Blake , The Atlas Six (The Atlas, #1)
124 " Brandt Solberg had never been a good man, but what did that matter?Fox hadn't fallen in love with his goodness. "
― Olivie Blake , Masters of Death
125 " He loved her fiercely for that.He didn't see the problem in loving her that way, with a savagery that felt as ancient as his sorrows, until he realized that the could no longer recall a life without her. It was as if the older versions of him had been erased and could no longer exist. He realized that his relationship whit time, whatever it was before, was now forever altered. "
126 " Is it too late to love you, Lev Fedorov?” she asked him, her hands finding his, and he shook his head, pulling her with him. “Sasha, it’s never too late for us "
― Olivie Blake , One For My Enemy
127 " For Aldo, to love something was to study it; to devote every spare thought to understanding it. "
128 " Are you afraid?” “I’m not afraid,” Sasha said, and as with all her daughters, Yaga believed her. "
129 " the truth is that I have no choice but to accept that what's in my head is what's real. "
130 " She was so fundamentally altered that she couldn't remember what version of her had put herself into that relationship, into that life, or somehow into that shape, which she still looked and felt as is always had but wasn't anymore. "
131 " Ambition was such a dirty word, so tainted, but she had it. "
132 " Art, a voice buzzed in her ear, was creation. It was dissecting a piece of herself and leaving it out for consumption, for speculation. For the possibility of misinterpretation and the inevitability of judgment. For the abandonment of fear the reward would have to be the possibility of ruin, and that was the inherent sacrifice. "
133 " The problem with knowledge [...] is its inexhaustible craving. The more you have it, the less you feel you know. [...] Thus, men often go mad in search of it. "
134 " She couldn't look away from his face, which did not say: What's wrong with you? but instead, said: Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you. "
135 " The compulsion to be unique, which is at war with the desire to belong to a single identifiable sameness." -Parisa "
136 " Empires have fallen like this, he thinks, but it only makes him want her more, makes him look at his hands and think, My god, what a waste of time doing anything else but holding her. What a waste, and then he says aloud, JesusfuckingChrist what have you done to me? And she says, Kiss me. "
137 " She should know right now that the secrets of the universe aren't in his dick.Had he checked?He's familiar with the real estate. "
138 " Dimitri Fedorov, I already gave you my useless heart. Now, have everything else that matters. Have my loyalty, my right hand. Have everything that was once my mother’s and give me everything you once swore to Koschei. Give me all of you, take everything of me, and let’s see who stands against us then. "
139 " Why was her ship sinking?Her ship? It's always sinking, she hates it, it's either sinking or it's exploding, either way it never seems to be going anywhere. "
140 " She stared at herself in the mirror and thought: My eyes are too big, everyone will know I've seen everything, they'll know I saw the universe itself. They will look at me and they'll think: This poor girl, she knows too much, she can't go back. "