to be loved means to be consumed.

• "he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles
• "write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark
• "they were my birthday presents." - shatter me
• "she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess
• "my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade
• "you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights
• "we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom
• "i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue
• "come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince
• "i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end
• "you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit
• "bob says hello." - house of hades
• "abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall
• "i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows
• "i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars
• "i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale
• "i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin
• "i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo