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1 " He closes his eyes briefly and looks as if he might say something, but he doesn't, and sometimes when people don't speak, they say everything , don't they? "
― Ilsa Madden-Mills , Dear Ava
2 " He grunts. "Really? No one wanted them to be together. None of the gods approved. Who'd love the kind of the underworld?" "The right person. "
3 " No matter the road you take, it doesn’t matter if it’s beautiful or ugly, hard or smooth, paved or pitted with ruts—it’s your road to take. What matters is how it ends. "
4 " Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most. "
5 " Don’t make it hard on me, please. Just, someday in the future, find me. Just find me and come up to me and tell me you still love me and want me and can’t live without me in your arms— "
6 " I love how he laughs. It’s the color of the sun, soft and warm and golden. "
7 " An unforgiving heart is like rat poison to the one who holds it. One of the nuns told me that once "
8 " Sometimes the loneliest place on earth is in the midst of a crowd "
9 " You can’t go because I won’t get over you. I won’t ever find someone like you. I won’t ever kiss a girl like you. I love you. "
10 " Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most. I like your scars. Share them with me. "
11 " Why can’t a devil want an angel? "
12 " I want you kissing me, just me. I want you, Tulip, you, you, you, you… "
13 " Dear Ava, today is the beginning of anything you want, "
14 " He laughs and leans away from me, but not before the air around him shifts and I catch his cologne. He smells like the ocean, salt and sunshine and coconuts, and my chest swells. "
15 " Just, someday in the future, find me. Just find me and come up to me and tell me you still love me and want me and can’t live without me in your arms— "
16 " the heart knows when it sees its forever. "
17 " Oh, I see the promise in those beautiful eyes of his. The seriousness. The heat. I see him. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t love often, but once he does, it’s with everything he has. "
18 " Most of the time I can shove all that down and pretend it doesn’t hurt to be left behind by the people who are supposed to love you. "
19 " You kiss like it’s your last. "
20 " I cup his face. “Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most. I like your scars. Share them with me. "