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5a4c49f
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Black is the color of night. White is the true color of death
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symbolism
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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46645b5
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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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happy
heartbreak
love
hurt
self
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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adbcde1
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White for light. White for love. White for forever.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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b03e0b9
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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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sacrifice
reality
well-being
selflessness
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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8534e78
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Maybe weakness is a strength of a kind.
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young-adult
fiction
martin-kingsley
van-alen-legacy
blue-bloods
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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4420101
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Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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a6ab701
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I don't need anything to get high. I'm high on life.
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humor
high
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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d45497e
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Bet you can't even name one romantic movie you like," she teased. She felt smug when a few minutes went by and Oliver was still unable to name one romantic movie he could profess to enjoy. The Empire Strikes Back," Oliver finally declared, tapping his horn at a Prius that wandered over the line. The Empire Strikes Back? The Star Wars movie? That's not romantic!" Schuyler huffed, fiddling with the air conditioner controls. Au contraire, my d..
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romantic
love
i-love-you
star-wars
remember
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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d1423e5
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The world in your mind is as real as the world outside of it.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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6360af1
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Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go."
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oliver
schuyler
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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1b8fb4d
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Bonds are like rules, they're meant to be broken.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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70b5d68
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Even if they end up together, which I highly doubt, given the strength of that particular bond-...-but even if Schuyler still loves him, or thinks she does, it doesn't matter. Because Jack is going to leave her one day. i know he will. 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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loyalty
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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9175be5
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Wait--we have one left," the runner said, bringing out what was surely the most expensive bouquet of all: a three-foot tall arrangement of two hundred white roses, in the palest ivory color. All the girls swooned. Almost no boys bought white roses ever. It was a big sign of commitment. But this one practically trumpeted a captured heart. The runner set the bouquet in front of Schuyler. Mimi raised an eyebrow. She had always won the roses lo..
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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ac246ac
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A brain with no heart and no reasoning ... well, nothing is more meaningless.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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9e2c814
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That was the thing about pictures--they were worth a thousand words, but sometimes they weren't the right ones.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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3bbbd39
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Tonight the world is yours, as am I.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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5ea1606
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But there's always a first time for everything
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inspirational
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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5db1a74
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One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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8fd3e32
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Prove it!" she hissed. "Prove you are who you are!" "We don't have time for this! You really want me to prove who I am?" he asked. "Yes!" she challenged. In answer, he took her in his arms, lifting her up and against the wall. He pressed his lips against hers, and with each kiss she could see into his mind, into his soul. She saw a year of hate...saw him alone, alienated, hurt. She had lied to him and had left him. With every kiss he made h..
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lutetia
schuyler
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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5fff9f4
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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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symbolism
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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9319718
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Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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e0a4d4f
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He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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58ed26d
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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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Melissa de la Cruz |
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e3fed42
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I'm tired of being your best friend. I'm tired of being second best. I won't settle for that anymore. It's all or nothing, Schuyler. You have to decide. Him or me. - Oliver Hazzard-Perry
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heartbreak
love
second-best
hurt
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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29cfc29
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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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heartbreak
love
hurt
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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123e274
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It was so nice just to live in the moment, to enjoy holding him so closely, to pretend for a little while that they were merely two young people in love and nothing else.
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life
love
pretend
in-love
moment
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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20fd24c
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Remember all fairy tales end at some point.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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83cb7b9
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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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vampire
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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ff8af11
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sometimes, when the sun shines, it scorches.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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aab19b7
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She nodded... and was about to turn away. Then, as if she thought better of it, she reached out and grabbed his arm. "Jack." "Yes?" "I. . ." she faltered. She knew what she wanted to tell him, but she couldn't bring herself to say the words. It turned out she didn't have to. Jack put a hand to his heart and nodded. "I feel the same way about you."
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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85081fd
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Oliver liked to play the part of disaffected youth, but he liked shopping in SoHo even more.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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7b8192e
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The rose fell into his lap, and he looked up, startled. Mimi grinned. "Hey handsom" Mimi sent. "What's up?" Jack replied, without speaking. "Just thinking of you." Jack's smile deepened, and he threw the rose back at her so that it landed in her lap. Mimi tucked it behind her ear and fluttered her eyelashes appreciatively."
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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2fcdf79
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She can't let him go not telling him what she was about to do. Kingsley...I can't do this. I'm coming with you.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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dad6580
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And Kingsley being Kingsley, he smiled as he pretended to pull the trigger.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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55e5598
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Stop your doubting, my love. I knew you would find me. ~Jack
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vampires
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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cc944ae
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Memories were moving pictures in which meaning was constantly in flux. They were stories people told themselves.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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df5d50f
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I lived for those moments when we were together, those few times in my life that I actually felt alive.
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love
moments
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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2cb74fd
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Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.
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sacrifice
love
truth
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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9a8a41d
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I'm up for it. Whatever it is. As long as it means I'll always be with you.
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lover
love
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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394110c
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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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Melissa de la Cruz |
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4991461
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The Code of the Vampires decreed that anyone who violated the Sacred Law was condemned to death, the blood burning. Charles had refused to subject Allegra to the sentence. But Mimi was a different matter. Mimi walked out of the church, knowing that if she ever saw Jack again, she would have to kill him.
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mimi
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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f54acdd
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A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.
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mind
reality
life
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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b9acb38
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I'm so sorry for loving you, I'm so sorry.... But it was such a wonderful dream, my love, such a wonderful dream.
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Melissa de la Cruz |
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d512ee1
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Jack Force was more than she had ever dared wish for, and he was better than a dream or a fantasy because he was real. He was far from perfect, moody and distant at times, and burdened with sharp temper and an impulsiveness that was part of his dark nature. But she felt more love for him than she thought possible. He wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for her. (Schuyler Van Alen)
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perfect
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Melissa de la Cruz |