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21 " How I trusted her from the start. How wholly I gave myself over to my cousin. The lure of beautiful things, of a friend . . . I was vulnerable without knowing it, having never had either. "
― Megan Chance , A Splendid Ruin
22 " And yet . . . after all my longing for this life, it felt strangely empty, beautiful but hollow. I did not want to admit that I found it boring, or that I was floundering in its shallows. How little they thought about anything but their own amusement. Their lives were so easy, so full of beauty and money. How much they could do with it, and how disappointing to find them so vacant. "
23 " And yet . . . after all my longing for this life, it felt strangely empty, beautiful but hollow. I did not want to admit that I found it boring, or that I was floundering in its shallows. How little they thought about anything but their own amusement. Their lives were so easy, so full of beauty and money. How much they could do with it, and how disappointing to find them so vacant. "
24 " You don’t belong here, Miss Kimble. You’re completely in over your head. Learn to swim, or drown. Those are your only choices when it comes to the Sullivans. Now, "
25 " It took some time for the hierarchy of Blessington to make sense "
26 " My inheritance had become available, my aunt—my only champion—had been killed, and my uncle had been given power over my person and my money. "
27 " Parvenus. "
28 " I knew then how I would destroy them if I ever got out of Blessington. I would give Dante LaRosa the information he wanted. "
29 " roseate "
30 " Remember who you are.” “The Sullivans have stolen from me, and I want back what’s mine. "
31 " How little they thought about anything but their own amusement. Their lives were so easy, so full of beauty and money. How much they could do with it, and how disappointing to find them so vacant. "
32 " City hall was a disaster. My uncle’s fault, and China Joe had the proof of it. "
33 " I did not know how to say that, nor how to tell Goldie that I had not lived the life she obviously thought I had. "
34 " lingering over her name, polishing it like a smooth stone in his mouth, I knew suddenly and completely that this man had a relationship with my cousin that I did "
35 " I understand there’s a history of madness in your family. "
36 " It was all terrifyingly close and painfully hollow, the prison that neither I nor my mother had ever seen in the life she’d chosen for me. "
37 " People see what they want to see. They’re busy trying to figure out who Bandersnitch is, but what they don’t expect is someone who looks like me, so no one sees me, even when I’m right in front of them. I’m hiding in plain sight. I stay in the background mostly. It’s a damnable thing, but it works. You were surprised at who I was, remember. I wasn’t as you imagined me. "
38 " Postum "
39 " I’m still trying to figure out where you belong.” “What is there to wonder about? I’m one of the Sporting set. You said it yourself. "
40 " The Sullivans are not well known for their generosity. "