Roma rose from the heat like a dream I half-remembered.

The Texas sun was a garish asshole, and so were we.

He left the name, at which the world grew pale.

“A more splendid, munificent prince will not die.“

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

I have every intention of getting married.

And somewhere, far behind her, the rain began to sing.

To Juliette Lavalanche, women could only be as interesting as their melancholy. 

We are but a day away from spring.

To be born a daughter in the house of De Trêves was to bear a burden arguably more grievous than death itself.

She vowed to never speak or write of the truth.

The possibilities that her life generously offered had ceased to be endless.

You deserve to live a normal life, one that is free from the affairs of the cruelest of men.

But now and forevermore, I shall always be known to you as Ève Delange, Jacques's girl.

There were nights when he longed to burn down the hotel, sacrificing its guests to the gods to purge his mortal soul of all the memories.

“I’m planning on killing him and pinning it on you,” she revealed as casually as if she was discussing the weather.

As the cutlery clanging against the plates cut through their silence, Fin wondered if the curse had truly been broken or if he had simply found the one person in the world who could stay with him forever without ever loving him in return.

Paris was only ever made for the lovers.

But the sun had risen and the Seine had ceased to run red.

“What vulgarity,” a man expressed.