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"Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of course I would have extensive legal rights over your body, your property, and all your individual freedoms, but I don't see what's so alarming about that."
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"I love you, Marks. My heart is completely and utterly yours. And unfortunately for you, the rest of me comes with it."
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"I didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were gone... And I realized it was already yours. It had been since the beginning. Except that I hadn't told you. It drove me mad, the thought that you would never know."
"You'll have me, Cam whispered. "You'll have me, hummingbird. I'm your fate- even if you won't admit it yet."
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