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1 " I kiss my darling then.And my darling kisses his sweetheart. "
― Saffron A. Kent , My Darling Arrow (St. Mary’s Rebels, #1)
2 " He bends over me, curls his sleek, cut body all around me, making himself my world. Flicking his eyes all over my face, he whispers, “Dark curls; Golden eyes.” He rubs our noses together. “Thirteen freckles; Flowers between her thighs.” He skims his lips over mine. “Sweet; So sweet; My heart; My sweetheart. "
3 " I grin and ask him something I've always wanted to ask. "Why do you always stare at my nose?"He glances at it for a second before whispering, "Because you've got freckles on it. Thirteen, to be exact. And seven under your eyes. "
4 " When girls like us fall, there’s no one to catch us. Least of all that boy for whom we’ve taken the fall. We’re the girls with secrets and witchy hearts. We’re the girls who listen to sad songs. Who slow dance to them with tears streaming down our faces, even as a smile lingers on our lips. Who cry in our pillows at night and who ride our sunshine-yellow bicycle along the empty, desolate, miserable places, where no one goes. "
5 " She taught me to crave something more than cold and lonely perfection. Something warm and cozy and sweet. Something wild and savage and provocative. Her. I crave her. "
6 " I fell in love with him like dead leaves fall from the branch of a tree and rain falls from a swollen cloud. I fell in love with him like tears fall when you’re sad and like blood oozes out of your skin when you step on broken glass. "
7 " Some girls fall in love and a boy catches them. He waits for them at the bottom of the cliff with open arms. And then there are other girls. Girls like me. We’re the girls in love with the boys who belong to someone else. We’re the girls in doomed love. When girls like us fall, there’s no one to catch us. Least of all that boy for whom we’ve taken the fall. "
8 " His whole presence made me feel warm. Like he was the sun or something. My sun. "
9 " You’re every guy’s nightmare, Salem. Because you’re the girl with too much love inside you. "
10 " You don’t love guys like that. You get eaten up by them and you love every bite they take out of you. "
11 " I never knew that she shines brighter than any star that I’ve seen on the soccer field. "
12 " You’re the girl every guy runs away from. You’re every guy’s nightmare, Salem. Because you’re the girl with too much love inside you. "
13 " Just because the one you love is in love with someone else doesn’t mean your love isn’t gorgeous or real. It doesn’t mean that your love should be killed or it should be torn out of your heart and thrown into a river or burnt down like an extinct piece of architecture. "
14 " No one can control you. No one can bind you by rules or put you in a box or rein you in. You’re Salem. You’re probably why they name hurricanes and natural catastrophes after girls like you. "
15 " Darling says he’s adored and loved. But he also makes me hurt. It says that he’s both a delight to my heart and a needle to it. Loving him is the most wonderful, most awful thing in the world. Loving Arrow is my doom. So he’s not my dear, he’s my darling. "
16 " So if you think you’re dangerous, I’m a wrecking ball. I’m a loose cannon. A wildfire. I can burn houses down. I can burn cities down too. So don’t ever make the mistake of trying to kiss me again. Because I don’t want a needy girl clinging to me and you don’t want a guy giving you your first lesson in heartbreak. "
17 " His lips twitch and I swear to God, my witchy heart jumps in my chest for making them. "
18 " Because your happiness is my happiness. When you smile, I smile. When you hurt, I hurt. "
19 " He can stab me with a knife and I’ll be lying on the ground, dying, drawing little hearts in blood. "
20 " I’m always so cold, Arrow,” I tell him. “You’re the only one who makes me feel warm. You’re my sun. "