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41 " I know that stories often take on lives of their own. I already feel as if the horror I went through is turning into a fairytale, but I am nothing special, and this is not a fairytale. "
― Stephanie Garber , Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #1)
42 " I'm not going to tell you to trust me, because that's a terrible idea. "
43 " All stories are made of both truths and lies, she used to say. What matters is the way that we believe in them. "
44 " I don’t know if I can fix your broken heart, but you can take mine because it’s already yours. "
45 " Having faith was brave. "
46 " the churches here were like vampires—they weren’t meant for worship, they were designed to entice and entrap. "
47 " But hope is a difficult thing to kill, just a spark of it can start a fire. "
48 " who shared bits of their magic with this book. "
49 " Then why didn’t she die?” “Probably because my heart started beating, "
50 " Evangeline wanted a real love powerful enough to break a spell, which was exactly what Jacks wanted, too. "
51 " She wanted to be someone's love, not their curse. "
52 " Evangeline, of course, knew that bells could not speak. But her Mother had told her that bells had a sixth sense. She’d said to always polish them, always mind what you say in front of them and always listen to the bells that ring when they shouldn’t. "
53 " They said his kiss was fatal to all but her—his only weakness—and as he’d sought her, he’d left a trail of corpses. "
54 " He held on to her as if she were a grudge, his body rigid and tense, as if he really didn’t want her there, and yet his arms were tight around her waist as though he had no intention of ever letting her go. "
55 " And then they will write their vows on their hands and place them over each other’s chests, so they may sink into their hearts, where they will be kept safe forever and always. "
56 " Stop flashing your fangs. I’m the only one who gets to bite her. "
57 " Chaos tilted his head, eyes landing on their intertwined hands. “Interesting. "
58 " ... it was tremendously hard to fully fall out of love with someone when you had no one else to love instead, "
59 " I know that stories often take on lives of their own. I already feel as if the horror I went through is turning into a fairytale, but I'm nothing special, and this is not a fairytale. "
60 " He looked like a bad decision some unfortunate person was about to make. "