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I had big dreams of a holiday season filled with magic. Kids weaving their way through the trees. Parents stealing kisses over hot chocolate. The stuff Christmas songs are written about. Young couples getting caught beneath the mistletoe.
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“The quickest way to a man's heart is through the fourth and fifth ribs.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury

“I wish our story could have had another ending.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After

“Every good story needs a villain.
But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”
― Legendary
But the best villains are the ones you secretly like.”
― Legendary

“She imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.”
― Caraval
― Caraval

“He held her with the type of intensity that only happens when a person wants something that isn't quite theirs.”
― The Ballad of Never After
― The Ballad of Never After
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