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1 " This book is for those who would rather be haunted and driven mad than left behind. "
― Megan Hart , Hold Me Close
2 " I would rather have you haunt me, driving me mad, than have you leave me. "
3 " All the best art comes from the broken places, "
4 " I will never stop loving you,” he told her. “If we live a thousand lifetimes, I will never stop. "
5 " People are complicated, and they hurt each other. Effie Linton had known this for a long time, just as she knew that sometimes those wounds were inflicted deliberately, over and over, and not with fists or weapons. Sometimes, they did it with love. "
6 " That was the thing about love, though, wasn’t it? When you loved somebody, you wanted to give them everything you could. You wanted what was best for them, no matter what. You wanted them to move beyond what was awful and terrible, beyond anything that had ever hurt them. "
7 " This book is for the wild ones who open their eyes wide into darkness, the ones who love when they should not; this is for the ones who count and take comfort in the stars. "
8 " I want you,” Heath said. You have me, Effie thought but didn’t say aloud. You will always have me. "
9 " There were some things that would never go away, no matter how long ago they’d become a habit or how you tried to get rid of them. "
10 " none of them have any idea what it’s like to love someone so much you’d die for them. Literally die. "
11 " It’s easy to love someone when they’re all you know. "
12 " So what, then? You’re a ghost? Because that’s how it feels to me sometimes, Effie. You’re a fucking ghost, and all you do is haunt me. "
13 " When you love someone,” Heath said, “you want them to be happy more than you want it for yourself. You don’t care about the price. "
14 " Heath said, cold as ice, cold as a void, so cold it burned her worse than any fire. “Don’t you know? Not wanting to and not being able to are not the same things. "
15 " Haunt me,” he whispered. “Make me crazy for the rest of my life. But please, Effie. Don’t leave me. Just let me love you. "
16 " And every time we’re together, I tell myself not to hope that this time you’ll just fucking see that there is nobody else for you. That you’ll give me a chance to prove we’re good together, "
17 " Some things never left you, no matter how much you wanted them to. "
18 " Some of us have already found all we ever want. "
19 " Hold me close, "