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61 " What are we doing?” she wanted to ask, except she already knew the answer.They were being reckless and foolish; they were tempting fate; they were breaking the rules; they were falling in love.But they both knew that last wasn't true. They had already fallen in love, a long time ago. "
― Katharine McGee , American Royals (American Royals, #1)
62 " I expect you to give her your support when she's earned it and your criticism when she deserves it. That's what siblings are for, after all. "
63 " I wish we could erase all those—those atrocities,” she stammered, and was surprised by her father’s reply. “Never say that,” he insisted. “Say you want to make things right, to build a better future. But erasing the past—or worse, trying to rewrite it—is the tool of despots. Only by engaging with the past can we avoid repeating it. "
64 " Real love comes from facing life together, with all its messes and surprises and joys. "
― Katharine McGee , Majesty (American Royals, #2)
65 " Her head was pressed against his chest and she could hear the erratic beat of his heart, its pulse matching her own. She felt it too—the exhilaration, and underneath it the thin electrifying undercurrent of fear, at the forbiddenness of what they were about to do. "
― Katharine McGee , The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor, #1)
66 " The only people free from censure are people who’ve never taken a stand. "
67 " All I know is that when I need to eat my feelings, my feelings taste like Wawa milkshakes with extra M&Ms. "
68 " She nodded, breaking every promise to herself, loving him. "
69 " All of them preoccupied with their own small worries, clutching at their impossible dreams. "
― Katharine McGee , The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor, #2)
70 " Sorry isn't a magic eraser that undoes whatever wrong thing you did! You can't just say sorry and expect everything to be the way it was, not when people have been hurt! "
71 " Maybe we can't care deeply about someone without being hurt by them, too. "
72 " You think your predecessors never made mistakes?” he asked, then swiftly answered his own question. “Of course they did. Our nation’s history is woven from their errors in judgment, their wrong decisions, as much as it is from their achievements. "
73 " Relationships never make sense from the outside; the only people qualified to weigh in on them are the people in them. "
74 " This was how a kiss was supposed to feel—electric and pulsing and smoky all at once, like you'd discovered a new source of fuel that could warm you from within. "
75 " Samantha, criticism is a good thing. It means you've fought for something. "
76 " It was so much easier to break an arm than to break your heart. Hearts didn’t heal themselves. Hearts didn’t remake themselves stronger than before. "
77 " Maybe happy endings were real, as long as you understood that they weren’t endings, but steps on the road. "
― Katharine McGee , The Towering Sky (The Thousandth Floor, #3)
78 " You really want to do something for me?” Eris said suddenly, her lovely face turned up to the sun. She closed her eyes. Her lashes fell in thick brushstrokes across her cheeks. “Live, Avery. With or without Atlas, here in New York or on the damned moon, I don’t care. Just live, and be happy, since I can’t. Promise me that. "
79 " That was what you did with family, wasn't it? You grabbed hold of them and didn't let go. You supported each other's weight, held each other up, even when you lacked the strength to stand on your own. "
80 " Maybe that was just the way love went - it was something that happened to you, and the best preparation you could hope for was the chance to take a deep breath before the wave of it crashed above you and you were in over your head. "