Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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When she reached the shallow end, Kingsley held out his hand and pulled her up, but she lost her step and fell into his arms, her body crushing momentarily against his.
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Remember all fairy tales end at some point.
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Sometimes, when the sun shines, it scorches.
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I don’t want to make the same mistakes I’ve made before. I want to be free. I want to be with you. We will be together. I believe I will have less to live for, if I am not with you.
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You're the liar" - Mimi Force
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He knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.
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Every Valentine's Day, the student council sponsered a holiday fundraiser by selling roses that would be delievered in class. The roses came in four colors:white, yellow, red, pink, and the subtleties of thier meaning were parsed and analyzed by the female population to no end. Mimi had always understood it thus:white for love, yellow for friendship, red for passion, and pink for a secret crush.
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You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.
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You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.
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A picture is worth a thousand texts.
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Kingsley did the same, except he also removed his T-shirt, showing off his broad chest, tan and smooth. When had Kingsley had time to work on his tan? Mimi wondered.
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If you think we'll get in, we'll get in. It's all about confidence, trust me.
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Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable. But this is how it was for the two of them. Love and hate. Life and death. Joy and anguish.
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It didn't help that she was painfully shy and kept to herself, because then they just thought she was stuck-up, which she wasn't. She was just quiet.
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If she loved him the way she said she did, she wanted him whole. Maybe this was what love meant after all: sacrifice and selflessness. It did not mean hearts and flowers and a happy ending, but the knowledge that another's well-being is more important than one's own.
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Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death.
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I still love you. I will always love you, and that is all that matters. I will forgive you anything, and I will forgive you this.
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He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
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Bonds are made to be broken," he said. "Just like rules.
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He's too much for Schuyler. They're wrong for each other. Anyone can see that. And when he leaves her, I'll be there. However long it takes, I'll still be there for her. Waiting.
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I know you. I know this isn't you. And even if it is, I still love you. As much as I always have. You will always be mine. I will always love you, I promised you that when you left, and it's true now.
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Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.
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It was maddening how your best friend could twist the knobs inside of you so much that it hurt.
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Almost halfway down the aisle, she saw someone she wasn't expecting, and she almost stumbled on her satin heels. Kingsley Martin stood at the end of a pew, his arms crossed. He was wearing a tuxedo as well. Just like any other guest. What was he doing here? He was supposed to be in Paris! He was supposed to be gone! He looked directly at Mimi. She heard his voice loud and clear in her head. Leave him. Why should I? What do you promise me? Nothing. And everything. A life of danger and adventure. A chance to be yourself. Leave him. Come with me.