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1 " He looked at her like a thirsty man gazing on an oasis, trying to decide if it were an illusion brought on by the heat. "
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2 " Maybe the problem is that a woman doesn’t need to be conquered, Your Majesty. Maybe she needs to be won. "
3 " That’s what life is all about. The obvious. The minute we start layering it with shades of grey, we start getting caught in quicksand. "
4 " I don’t know why anyone thinks looking at the stars is so romantic,” he said. “Have they ever read Greek mythology? It’s all the same story—God sees mortal, God desires mortal, mortal suffers gruesome fate and is rewarded with an eternity of pain in the cosmos.” He shrugged. “You could always make up your own stories.” But she was already shaking her head. “No. Those stories are written in stardust millions of years old. I don’t think I get to change them.” “Then I’m thankful for light pollution,” he said. "
5 " The truth is I’d rather march into Hell with you, than bask in Heaven without you. "
6 " Because there were times when one found themselves in perfect harmony with another being. Like after one had taken a risk, faced their biggest fear, and found themselves blinking in the dust as a wall crumbled before of them. Like making love to the love of one’s life, followed by the perfect evening of constellation watching. And he finally understood, despite all the constellations placed in the sky as warning, why all those Greek maidens gave it up in the end. It was because all the pain endured was nothing compared to what love was worth. Love was the beginning of everything. "
7 " Life had taught her the costs of being anything other than sensible and cautious were likely to be high and painful. "