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61 " Once, a long time ago, at the back of a library while a storm raged on outside, Juliette had asked Roma, “Do you ever imagine what life would be like if you had a different last name?” “All the time. Don’t you?” Juliette had thought about it. “Only sometimes. Then I consider all that I would miss out on without it. What would I be if I weren’t a Cai?” Roma had lifted onto his elbow. “You could be a Montagov.” “Don’t be ridiculous. "
― Chloe Gong , These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1)
62 " Juliette wouldn’t dare because no matter how big her talk was, she still couldn’t separate the hatred broiling in her stomach with the sudden lurch of adrenaline that came to life with his proximity. If her body refused to forget who Roma once was to her, how was she to make those same limbs rebel from their nature, make them destroy him? “Penny for your thoughts? "
63 " It breathes in. It slinks closer. Its first breath transforms into a cold breeze, hurtling into the streets and brushing the ankles of those unfortunate enough to be stumbling home during the devil’s hour. This place hums to the tune of debauchery. This city is filthy and deep in the thrall of unending sin, so saturated with the kiss of decadence that the sky threatens to buckle and crush all those living vivaciously beneath it in punishment. "
64 " Could she never be both? Was she doomed to choose one country or the other? Be an American girl or nothing? "
65 " Benedikt snapped. “You don’t joke about that, Marshall. I will not lose you! "
66 " Juliette had met plenty of men like him in America: men who assumed they had the right to go wherever they wished because the world had been built to favor their civilized etiquette. "
67 " How are you this bad?" Juliette asked in disbelief. "I thought you were Russian.""I am Russian, not an alcoholic," Roma muttered. "
68 " She had to convince herself. How could she bear to think that he had loved her and yet destroyed her anyway? "
69 " It was all irrational anyway, a belief that if he achieved one impossible thing, then perhaps every other impossible element in his life would click together too, regardless of whether they truly correlated. "
70 " You know how it is—or maybe you don’t. A temporary thing for a temporary place, but now the temporary thing is burrowed in so deep it cannot be removed. "
71 " Paul jumped, unable to hide his surprise. Then he grinned and said, "Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. For a Chinese woman, your English is extraordinary. There is not a trace of an accent to be found.""I have an American accent," she replied dully.Paul waved her off. "You know what I mean."Do I? she wanted to say. Would I be less if I sounded like my mother, my father, and all those in this city who were forced to learn more than one language, unlike you? "
72 " Anything would be better than standing motionless. When Juliette wanted to blow up in frustration, the only solution was blowing something else up. "
73 " you love him enough to have him hate you. "
74 " first all the reports were by the river, then they spread inward to the city, to the concessions, and now more and more mansions on the outskirts are sending victims to the morgue. Think about it. Those who wish to protect themselves will stay in, bar their doors, seal their windows. Those who do not care, those who are violent, those who delight in that which is terrible "
75 " She had once known him better than she knew herself. "
76 " You destroy me and then you kiss me. You give me reason to hate you and then you give me reason to love you. Is this a lie or the truth? Is this a ploy or your heart reaching for me? "
77 " Shall I compare him to a winter's night?" Marshall proclaimed. "More breathtaking and more rugged: tempest breezes do tremble with less might—""You saw a stranger for two seconds on the street," Benedikt interrupted dully. "Please calm down. "
78 " May I make a request, Miss Cai?” “I already told you—” Paul smiled. “Can I see you again?” Juliette slammed the door shut. “Absolutely not. "
79 " The madness sweeps everywhere. It's moves like the plague: first all the reports were by the river, then they spread inward to the city, to the concessions, and now more and more mansions on the outskirts are sending victims to the morgue. Think about it. Those who wish to protect themselves will stay in, bar their doors, seal their windows. Those who do not care, those who are violent, those who delight in that which is terrible. "
80 " O poder é algo que poucos podem alcançar. Qualquer um pode ser o mestre de um monstro, se seu coração for mau o suficiente. "