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101 " And you, sir, are an idiot. "
― Kiera Cass , The Crown (The Selection, #5)
102 " There's no stopping that woman." "It must run in the family "
103 " It's a funny thing that to be a product of a fairytale romance. It's another thing to think you might find one yourself. You can read the stories and watch the movies, you can think you know how it all unfolds. But the truth is love is as much fate as it is planning, as a beauty as it is a disaster. "
104 " Mom told me about a same-sex couple back in Carolina who’d been shunned to the point that they were driven out of town. I’d never cared for that story. It sounded to me like way too many people had it hard when she was growing up. Why would anyone go out of their way to make someone’s life any harder? Regardless, same-sex couples tended to live in the shadows, on the outskirts of society, and unfortunately that was still the case today. This made Ean’s acceptance of not finding love in his life much more understandable. But Hale? "
105 " And my approval is hanging on by a thread as it is. "
106 " It was impossible not to see all the gears turning in his head. It was also easy to see the moment he stopped thinking and nodded yes anyway. "
107 " I’m telling you, Eady, wars and treaties and even countries will all come and go. But your life is yours, singular and sacred, and you should be with the person who makes it feel that way every blessed second you live it. "
108 " Your Majesty?" he said quietly, and even though there were people swarming around, he didn't think twice about smiling at me like I was his sun and stars. "
109 " What ? said Josie, able to hear her name if it was so much as tapped out in Morse code on a different continent. "
110 " But when I cracked open the door this time, she was sitting up, wide awake . . . and Dad was asleep. Smiling, she held up a finger to her lips. With her other hand she traced gentle lines through his hair as he lay spilled out of his chair and onto her bed, one arm beneath his head and the other across her lap. "
111 " I don't think I realized how hard I'd been running until I had to stop "
112 " My girl.” Her weak fingers touched my hair. “I love you.” Those words were the first bookend of my day, and I could get through the rest of it knowing Kile Woodwork would be the other. "
113 " But the truth is, love is as much fate as it is planning, as much a beauty as it is a disaster. Finding a prince might mean kissing a lot of frogs. Or kicking a lot of frogs out of your house. Falling might mean running headfirst into something you've always wanted. Or dipping your toe into something you've been scared of your whole life. Happily ever after could be waiting in a field a mile wide. Or a window as narrow as seven minutes. "
114 " do you think Mom would rather you ask her a dozen questions or have you wander through life with the wrong answers? "
115 " I’m Eadlyn Schreave, and no one in the world is as powerful as me,” I blurted without thought. He nodded. “Damn right you are. "
116 " Here’s the thing, though. Illegitimate children of a royal family member are not allowed to live.” “What? Why?” “I think because they might cause a threat to the royal line. "
117 " What four-year-old knows how to threaten someone’s life?” he teased. “One who was raised to, I suppose.” “Wait, is this your way of telling me you’re having me hanged? Because, if so, this is incredibly cold. "
118 " It was with one of the Italian girls, but he had a cold and—” He paused because he was laughing so hard. “Oh, man, he had to sneeze mid-kiss, so there was snot everywhere.” “What?” “I didn’t see the kiss, but I was there for the aftermath. I just grabbed him, and we ran. "
119 " All I learned about was butter.” “Then you know everything.” In "
120 " Your Highness, I feel you’re a very bright woman, so it pains me to tell you that coffee will not help you sleep. Not at all. "