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21 " Just remember, your mother doesn't let things happen to her. When something tries to ruin her life, she drags it into the street. "
― Kiera Cass , The Crown (The Selection, #5)
22 " Happily ever after could be waiting in a field a mile wide. Or a window as narrow as seven minutes. "
23 " This is a dandelion, " I told him. He shrugged. "I know. Some see a weed; some see a flower. Perspective. "
24 " Love. Like clothes, I had guessed it was something that fit no two people exactly the same way. I was still unsure what the word looked like for me, but I sensed that sooner or rather than later, it would be fully defined. All that remained to be seen was if I could be satisfied with the definition. "
25 " I took a deep breath. “I don’t want tomarry Henri. I want to marry Eikko.” “Who?” “Erik. His translator. I’m in love with him, and I want to marry him. And even thoughhe hates having his picture taken, I want totake a thousand so I can put him on my walland wake up to us laughing every day, justlike you do with Mom. And I want him tomake me doughnuts, just like his mom doesfor his dad. Even if I have to let out all mydresses. And I want us to find our own thingor maybe find out that our own thing iseverything, because I feel like if I have him, even the stupid stuff would matter. "
26 " I still couldn't see any rhyme or reason to fighting through countless obstacles for love only to have it leave you powerless in the end. "
27 " It was a delicious feeling, falling in love. "
28 " I'd wondered how it was possible to magically find a soul mate in a random group of boys. "
29 " It was like being alone without being alone. "
30 " Grandma Singer was a fearsome creature. If we ever did have a war under my rule, my plan was to send her to the front lines. She’d come home holding the enemy by his ear within a week. "
31 " Do you know how scary it is for me to say all that? "
32 " Not that I’m mad that I like you...except that I kind of am. "
33 " I just remembered I could lead and still like flowers. "
34 " I’m a lot of things. Infatuated, frightened, desperate, hopeful. It’d be nice to add ‘in love’ to the list. "
35 " I still couldn’t see any rhyme or reason to fighting through countless obstacles for love only to have it leave you so powerless in the end. "
36 " And that was a small silver lining on an otherwise dreary day. "
37 " I had power and no idea how to use it. I was a ruler who didn’t know how to lead. I was a twin who was on her own. I was a daughter with missing parents. I had a half dozen suitors and wasn’t sure how to be in love. "
38 " I was fine not liking you. I was fine not liking anyone. And now I’m in the middle of this thing and so lost I can hardly think straight. But I know that you matter, and I don’t know what to do about it. "
39 " It’s like they’re two halves of the same heart in different bodies. "
40 " It seems they’re reporting little news and plenty of gossip these days. "