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Lucien laughed. “Yes—all those female faeries around you were females for Tamlin to pick. It’s an honor to be chosen, but it’s his instincts that select her.��
“But you were there—and other male faeries.�� My face burned so hot that I began sweating. That was why those three horrible faeries had been there—and they’d thought that just by my presence, I was happy to comply with their plans.
“Ah.�� Lucien chuckled. “Well, Tam’s not the only one who gets to perform the rite tonight. Once he makes his choice, we’re free to mingle. Though it’s not the Great Rite, our own dalliances tonight will help the land, too.�� He shrugged off that invisible hand a second time, and his eyes fell upon the hills. “You’re lucky I found you when I did, though,�� he said. “Because he would have smelled you, and claimed you, but it wouldn’t have been Tamlin who brought you into that cave.�� His eyes met mine, and a chill went over me. “And I don’t think you would have liked it. Tonight is not for lovemaking.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“Coupling is frenzy; decoupling is farce.”
― David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks

“I think people that are too similar... they don’t mix well. Are used to think soulmates were two of the same. Are used to think I was supposed to look for somebody that was just like me.
I don’t believe in soulmates anymore and I’m not looking for anything. But if I did believe in them, I believe your soulmate with somebody who had all the things you didn’t, that needed all the things you had. Not somebody who’s suffering from the same stuff you are.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“As developers, we often react badly when we see duplication. We worry about the extra cost of managing duplicate copies of information, and are even more concerned if this data diverges. But sometimes duplication is the lesser of two evils. Accepting some duplication in data may be a sensible trade-off if it means we avoid introducing coupling.”
― Sam Newman, Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith

“A rich marriage ceremony is a buffer for a bad coupling.”
― Mantaranjot Mangat, Plotless

“When Man invented fire, he didn't say "Hey, let's cook!" He said: "Great! Now we can see naked bottoms in the dark!”
― Steve Taylor