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121 " She leaned back in her chair, watching the sunrise as if it were a private performance intended just for her. And for a moment it felt that way: as if the sun was showing off for her benefit, reminding her how wonderful it was to be young and alive and in New York. "
― Katharine McGee , The Towering Sky (The Thousandth Floor, #3)
122 " Team Daphne. "
― Katharine McGee , Majesty (American Royals, #2)
123 " Typical New Yorkers, forever determined to bring the world to them, as if they couldn't be bothered to leave their tiny island. "
124 " Watt’s eyes were still glued to Avery as she moved through the crowded room, a bright golden beacon. "
― Katharine McGee , The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor, #1)
125 " She knew this was reckless; it was dangerous, but like all dangerous things, it had a deep, thrilling undercurrent that was richer and better and more alive than anything safe. "
126 " Where are we headed?” she asked, stepping with Cord onto the monorail back toward the Tower. “I was thinking dinner,” he said. “Are you hungry?” Rylin looked at him, her brow furrowed, but for once he didn’t sound teasing. “It’s only ten a.m.,” she pointed out. He grinned. “Not where we’re going. "
127 " How foolish she'd been, to think that a broken heart would kill her, but it was how she'd felt. "
128 " Beatrice caught herself wondering if two people could fall in love this way-by loving the same thing so deeply that their excess love spilled over and drew them towards each other "
129 " All I’ve ever done for America is give and give and give, and still America wants more! When will it ever be enough? "
― Katharine McGee , American Royals (American Royals, #1)
130 " Maybe it’s inevitable that we’re going to be hurt, when we let other people in. Maybe we can’t care deeply for someone without being hurt by them, too,” she said softly. "
131 " What was that saying, grief is the price we pay for love? "
132 " Lust was so delightfully uncomplicated and straightforward, while female friendships were inevitably layered with conditions, and history, and unspoken rules of behavior. "
― Katharine McGee , The Dazzling Heights (The Thousandth Floor, #2)
133 " Leda was very still, and very small, as Watt slid into the bed and curled around her. He listened to the ragged rise and fall of her breath. There was an excited nervousness spiking up and down her body, and Watt knew that he was the cause of it, and he realized he was glad. She turned around to face him, so they were both lying on their sides, twin silhouettes in the darkness. The only thing that separated them was a shaft of moonlight slicing through the open window. Still, Watt waited. "
134 " The tabloids would probably claim that she was dating Ethan simply out of spite, to punish Jeff for breaking up with her. "
135 " Calliope leaned forward on the vanity, which was littered with gleaming silver beauty wands and powders and a fresh manicolor mitt—all of it arrayed carefully before her, like weapons polished and laid out for battle. Her own lethal tools, which had always made her so dangerously beautiful. "
136 " I guess I was always more excited for the flying than for the destination. "
137 " Beatrice had come to understand that the human heart was a magical thing. It had so much room inside it, enough room to contain more than one love over the course of a lifetime. "
138 " When Jefferson had asked her to dinner, she’d known that she needed to pull out all the stops. If he didn’t invite her to Beatrice’s wedding tonight, she wasn’t sure he would. "
139 " —and my reasons for hanging out with you, earlier this year, were totally messed up— "
140 " You are as strong as you need to be. And I am prouder of you than you’ll ever know. "