"Necessary Quotation Marks"

We often find ourselves in the words of others.

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Pretending you see me, like I am a person desperate to be seen.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Grandest Game)

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The kind of sick that only happens when you let yourself stop running long enough for the world to catch up.

Ali Carter (The Blonde who Came in from the Cold)

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I asked, reasonably certain of a favorable response. Which is always the best time to ask, in my opinion.

Kylie Scott (Lick)

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I wish I had the balls of a mediocre white man who thinks he’s hot shit. I’d be unstoppable.

Chelsea Curto (Hat Trick)

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damn the consequences, you know you can probably fly. If you can’t, imagine the thrill of the fall.

Kylie Scott (Lick)

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Being good at things men think they’re superior in is my quest in life.

Chelsea Curto (Hat Trick)

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I’m not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.

Sally Rooney (Normal People)

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I am arguably the world’s worst small-talker, but he didn’t want to small talk.

Emily Henry (Funny Story)

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Disarming people with cheerful goodwill was an art form, and Gigi was an artist.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Grandest Game)

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If she’s the sunshine, I’m the storm cloud.

Chelsea Curto (Face Off)

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King's mind had been noisy since the day he was born, but right then it was tranquil and calm.

Ali Carter (The Blonde who Came in from the Cold)

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The best part of my job is being in charge of entitled men who think they’re better than me because they have a dick.

Chelsea Curto (Slap Shot)

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Note to self: Krt the light in.

Bal Khabra (Spiral)

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And meddling - even with the best of intentions - always had consequences.

Sarah Morganthalen (Mistletoe and Mr. Right)

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So stop apologizing for the damage and just let the fucker burn.

Olivie Blake (The Atlas Six)

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When you’re a baby, you don’t stop taking steps just because you’ve fallen once, or you’d never walk. The falls help you learn how to walk, for fuck’s sake, to make balance and gait adjustments.

Lynn Painter (Happily Never After)

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I’m Gigi, and I will be baffling you today. Don’t worry. It’s entirely normal. I baffle everybody. Are you a friend of Grayson’s?

Jennifer Lynn Barnes (The Grandest Game)