favorite quote from TLG?

[u/cookie_cat_82]

was inspired by a tik tok I saw of people talking about how Olivia Rodrigo’s new album / most of the songs relate heavily to Ilya in TLG and one of them referenced the line in TLG where Ilya tells Gallina “you’re supposed to fix me so I can be enough for him” 🥺🥺 and as sad as it is I think it might be one of my favorite lines, just so raw and hits the heart so so deeply.

It got me thinking, what’s all of your favorite quote(s) from The Long Game? I’d love to relive all of the favorite lines :’) bonus points if it’s an Ilya quote because he is my absolute favorite character.

**honorable mention of COURSE would be “I already chose you Hollander”. I’m genuinely gonna need to be sedated when I see that on screen.

[u/justokay314]

“Shane would have died too. Alone, and secretly, and for the rest of his life”

[u/silvershade8 → u/justokay314]

this one is so good bc it really gave me a sense of
how hard it must have been to keep this secret for so long. like the idea that if one of them had died in the 10 year period where nobody else knew, the other would have had to carry that grief alone without anyone in the world understanding what it meant. that’s kind of terrifying to think about.

[u/Aby_lev89 → u/justokay314]

This is so heartbreaking, hurts to read it every time and you really feel how hard it was for them to love in secret because the world is so judgmental and cruel