Quotes from Megan Abbott, Dare Me

If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.

Love is a kind of killing, Addy, " she says. "Don't you know that?

People will always try to scare you into things. Scare you away from things. Scare you into not wanting things you can't help wanting. You can't be afraid.

It is not aloofness, superiority. It's a protection. Who in this ravaged battlefield doesn't want to gather close her comrades?