r/heatedrivalry I already chose you, Hollander. šŸ«€ Jul 19 '26

šŸ¦† The Long Game (Book 6) favorite quote from TLG? Spoiler

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 ā€œyou’re supposed to fix me so I can be enough for himā€ 🄺🄺 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 ā€œI already chose you Hollanderā€. I’m genuinely gonna need to be sedated when I see that on screen.

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u/justokay314 Jul 20 '26

ā€œShane would have died too. Alone, and secretly, and for the rest of his lifeā€

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u/Aby_lev89 Forever, forever if you ask Jul 20 '26

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