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[legendarycollectiveflower]

For those who read both

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[theotherrichardpapen]

Oliver:

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[catsandbooksstuff]

Per aspera ad astra. I’d heard a variety of translations, but the one I liked best was Through the thorns, to the stars.

If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio

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[mcqueenrry]

can’t stop thinking about how oliver marks went to jail for james, to protect him only to have james farrow absolutely lose his mind over it and die.

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[laughsinunknownfear]

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.”

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[darkacademianew]

"Oliver, I don't understand," he said. "Why?"

"You know why."

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[henrywinterswife]

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[balladofahomescholedgirl]

when james farrow said “Oliver, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I want to hurt the whole world.” and henry winter said “It enabled me to do what I've always wanted most. To live without thinking.”

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[divno]

We were always surrounded by books and words and poetry,

all the fierce passions of the world bound in leather and vellum. (I blame this in part for what happened.)

-If we were villains by M.L Rio

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[utterlyconfusedacademia]

“Per aspera ad astra. I’d heard a variety of translations, but the one I liked best was Through the thorns, to the stars.”

Since I first read If we were Villains by M.L. Rio I’ve always found this quote to be the one of the most heartbreaking ones. I can’t help but imagine Oliver in prison, every night, repeating that mantra over and over. Swearing to himself that he’ll get through his sentence, what he considers his metaphorical thorns, because he needs to. Because only then can he reach his James, his star. And in the end, when he’s passed the thorns, when everything is going as it should, there’s no star. There’s no James and therefore no reason anymore. He’s lost.

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[gardensprout]

"Oliver, I don't understand," he said. "Why?" "You know why." I was done pretending otherwise.

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (Act V, Scene 7)

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[edwardian-masquerade]

"What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the tragedy is."

-If We Were Villains

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[catsandbooksstuff]

You know, everyone calls you 'nice.' But that's not the word. You're good. So good you have no idea how good you are.

If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio

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[libraryoflanie]

“You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough”

M. L. Rio, If We We’re Villains.

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[sleepy-vix]

Oliver Marks = king of bittersweet quotes.

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[lucyskniqht]

"But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute."

if we were villains - m.l. rio

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