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All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.

"Riddle of Stars (The Quest of the Riddle-Master Trilogy)". Book by Patricia A. McKillip, October 1, 1979.
All I wanted, even when I hated you most, was some poor, barren, parched excuse to love you. But you only gave me riddles.