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Icarus
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Reading for the 19th time
read in August 2020
progress:
(page 420 of 448)
"I started this reread with the intention of marking every single time Alex exhibits a symptom of ADHD (there are a lot of cases).
Then, since I am nothing if not a parody of myself, I completely forgot about that plan about halfway through the book." — May 29, 2024 01:59PM
"I started this reread with the intention of marking every single time Alex exhibits a symptom of ADHD (there are a lot of cases).
Then, since I am nothing if not a parody of myself, I completely forgot about that plan about halfway through the book." — May 29, 2024 01:59PM
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read in March 2021
progress:
(page 514 of 589)
"I thought the book would last the weekend, now I fear it might not even last the train ride." — Mar 17, 2022 09:28AM
"I thought the book would last the weekend, now I fear it might not even last the train ride." — Mar 17, 2022 09:28AM


“Sometimes, you can half believe you’ve been hurt so much you’ve basically been vaccinated. Rendered immune. And then someone says something like that to you.”
― Boyfriend Material
― Boyfriend Material

“To Ouyang, who had endured his entire life for the purpose of avenging his blood, it was a practice so alien as to be incomprehensible. He didn’t know what he would do if Chaghan killed Esen.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun

“The residence’s doors banged and slammed as if by angry ghosts, and Ouyang felt his ancestors’ eyes upon him as he ate with the son of his family’s murderer, the person he held dearest in all the world.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun

“Love isn't some scarce resource to battle over. Love can be infinite, as much as your heart can open.”
― Iron Widow
― Iron Widow

“They can take and steal and break all they want, but there is one thing they have no control over. Our emotions. Our feelings. Our thoughts.... Our minds and hearts are our own. That is our power, Nine. Never forget it.”
― Girls of Fate and Fury
― Girls of Fate and Fury
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