19 Quotes by Marie Rutkoski about love
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Arin. I've wanted to do this for a long time."Her words silenced him, steadied him.Anticipation lifted within her like the fragrance of a garden under the rain. She sat at the piano, touching the keys. "Ready?"He smiled. "Play.
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Will you come with me?""Ah, Kestrel, that's something you never need to ask.
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She remembered how her heart, so tight, like a scroll, had opened when Arin kissed her. It had unfurled. If her heart were truly a scroll, she could burn it. It would become a tunnel of flame, a handful of ash. The secrets she had written inside herself would be gone. No one would know
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A lover? Maybe. Something tender, anyway. But tender like a bruise.
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Ultimately, when he held your treasonous letter in his hand and saw how you had lied to him, the choice between me and you was the choice between someone who loves him and someone who didn’t.
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For a moment she didn't understand what he wanted, then she drew the dagger he'd made for her and gave it to himArin looked it over---surprised, pleased. "You take good care of it."She took it back. "Of course I do." Her voice was rough and wrong.He peered at her. Friendly, he said, "Yes, of course. Is there a saying for it? 'A Valorian always polishes her blade.' Something like that.""I take care of it," she said, suddenly both miserable and angry, "because you made it for me.
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She had done everything she could. And he didn't even know.
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I won’t play you because even when I win, I lose. It’s never been just a game between us.
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What did you tell the queen?""I told Inisha about you.""What, exactly?"He hesitated. "I'm afraid to say.""I want you to.""You might leave.""I won't."He stayed silent.She said, "I give you my word.""I told her that I belong to you, and no other. I said that I was sorry.
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