“Once upon a time, each of us was somebody's kid.
Everyone had a father, even if he never provided anything more than his seed.
Everyone had a mother, even if she had to leave us on a stranger's doorstep.
No matter how we're eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way.
They all end the same, too.”
“Violence is stupid. Even as a last resort, it only ever begets more of the same.”
“Forgive me if I don't take relationship advice from a dead teenager missing her vagina.”
“When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.”
“Doesn't matter if it's personal or professional, a good partnership takes work.”
“What kind of assholes bring a kid into worlds like these?”
“If there's an opposite of a honeymoon, it's the week after a couple's first child is born.”
“They can't hurt us, you big babies! We're intangible! Why are you guys acting like you just died yesterday?”
“Trust me, this whole freakout is probably just hormonal. You only gave birth, what, a week ago? Your body's still, like, a wasteland of chemical imbalance.”
“My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all important savior... but thanks to these two, at least I get to grow old.
Not everybody does.”
“You know, for a pacifist, you sure beg to get stabbed a lot”
“Dude, your husband is gonna die!”
“So what? He’s good to you and Hazel now, isn’t he? Who cares if he’s got history with some other broad?”
“When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it.”
“Have you ever been shot by one? Because I have and it hurt like the day my dog died...”
“I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more to be honest. It's not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all-important savior...”
“Oh, fuck you, you self-righteous piece of...BALD”
“I thought so. Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do”
“Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.”
“You will always be a monster - there is no turning back from it. But what kind of monster you become is entirely up to you.”
“I am charging you with the protection of my mother and friends, not to mention keeping my younger self off the Internet. He is as dangerous as Opal.”
“Non c'è medicina che guarisca quello che non guarisce la felicità”
“If you'll kiss me back," he whispered huskily, brushing his lips along the curve of her jaw, "I'll make it six
million. If you'll go to bed with me tonight," he continued, losing himself in the scent of her perfume and the softness of her skin, "I'll give you the world. But if you'll move in with me," he continued, dragging his mouth across her cheek to the corner of her lips, "I'll do much better than that."
Unable to turn her face farther because his arm was in the way, and unable to turn her body because his body was in the way, Meredith tried to infuse disdain in her voice and simultaneously ignore the arousing touch of his tongue against her ear. "Six million dollars and the whole world!" she said in a slightly shaky voice. "What else could you possibly give me if I move in with you?" "Paradise." Lifting his head, Matt took her chin between his thumb and forefinger and forced her to meet
his gaze. In an aching, solemn voice he said, "I'll give you paradise on a gold platter. Anything you want— everything you want. I come with it, of course. It's a package deal." Meredith wallowed audibly, mesmerized by the melting look in his silver eyes and the rich timbre of his deep voice. "We'll be a family," he continued, describing the paradise he was offering while he bent his head to her again. "We'll have children ... I'd like six," he teased, his lips against her temple. "But I'll settle for one. You don't have to decide now." She drew in a ragged breath and Matt decided he'd pushed matters as far as he dared for one night. Straightening abruptly, he chucked her under her chin. "Think about it," he suggested with a grin.”
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