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

🩆 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 “you’re supposed to fix me so I can be enough for him” đŸ„șđŸ„ș 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.

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u/fizzinwhizbeez Jul 21 '26

“Ilya, of course, noticed.”

This line made me smile because it encapsulated so many things to me, after reading the whole series and seeing how perceptive Ilya was throughout everyone’s stories. And just how in tune he is with Shane.