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1 " Do you ever wish, Alexis, that your heart was just that little bit smaller, so that you didn't have to care quite so much? "
― L.H. Cosway , King of Hearts (Hearts, #3)
2 " Sometimes we see someone and they just suit us. They're beautiful to us in every way. You're that person to me. "
3 " I think that in the space between birth and death you can have one life, or you can have many. But in order to have many, you also need the strength to end the one that came before. And there lies the tricky part. "
4 " The bigger our hearts, the more beautiful our souls. "
5 " I never stopped loving you, not even in my darkest hour. "
6 " You had to hold your head high in this life. Take what was your due and never let anyone make you feel uncomfortable or inferior. "
7 " A-ha, but don’t you see, not caring about the money, only caring about winning, that’s a luxury. You come from money, so you have the luxury of only caring about your accomplishments. "
8 " I’m afraid if I made you my queen, I could no longer be a king. "
9 " I was just a person, and he was just a person, and together we were scrambling in the dark to try to understand each other. "
10 " A long sigh escaped him before he said, “We’re in something of a predicament, love.”I turned my face to look up at him. “We are?”Reaching, out, he stroked my cheek with the back of his hand. “Yes, my darling, because I very much want to fuck you. "
11 " I could lose the run of myself inside a woman like you, Alexis.” He paused before muttering under his breath, almost absently, “And I fear if I made you my queen, I could no longer be a king. "
12 " We both seemed to understand that we were completely and totally screwed. No way was this going to be a one-time thing. Already I wanted to crawl beneath his skin and never leave. "
13 " Do you ever wish, Alexis, that your heart was just that little bit smaller, so that you didn’t have to care quite so much?” His question knocked the air right out of me. When we’d started having this conversation, I never expected it would turn so deep. I squeezed his hand once more and whispered, “Never. The bigger our hearts, the more beautiful our souls. "
14 " Memories were a powerful thing. They could at once set you free or take you prisoner, hold your entire life captive. I "
15 " Someone once told me that my music can be a gift I give to other people. "
16 " So much and too fast. "
17 " Look, King, it’s none of my business, I know it must be difficult having a family member who…” “Did you just call me King?” he said, cutting me off.“Oh, yeah, sorry, I…”“Don’t apologise. I like it. "
18 " He sucked in a deep breath, his eyes travelling back and forth between mine as he swiped his thumb across my bottom lip. His voice was husky when he spoke, “The way you come is fucking devastating. "
19 " I liked to think I was a smart woman. My vagina, on the other hand, was the equivalent of a dumb blonde. And that blonde wanted what she wanted. "
20 " You think you could come again?” he asked in a sleepy voice. “You’re exhausted, Oliver. Go to sleep.” “But my hand is jealous of my mouth,” he whined playfully. “It wants to feel you come, too.” My "
