
If We Were Villains: A Novel

Actors are by nature volatile—alchemic creatures composed of incendiary elements, emotion and ego and envy. Heat them up, stir them together, and sometimes you get gold. Sometimes disaster.
M. L. Rio • If We Were Villains: A Novel
We had, like seven siblings, spent so much time together that we had seen the best and worst of one another and were unimpressed by either.
M. L. Rio • If We Were Villains: A Novel
I was seized by the strange unfounded idea that she was debating whether or not to say I love you. But the difference between us was that she assumed people just knew those sorts of things, while I was always worried that they didn’
M. L. Rio • If We Were Villains: A Novel
Things without all remedy / Should be without regard: What’s done is done.
M. L. Rio • If We Were Villains: A Novel
Per aspera ad astra. I’d heard a variety of translations, but the one I liked best was Through the thorns, to the stars.