“But Harrowhark—Harrow, who was two hundred dead children; Harrow, who loved something that had not been alive for ten thousand years—Harrowhark Nonagesimus had always so badly wanted to live. She had cost too much to die.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“You hating me always meant more than anyone else in this hot and stupid universe loving me. At least I’d had your full attention.”
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“Harrow said, with some difficulty: "I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it."
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Gideon the Ninth
"Yes you can, it's just less great and less hot," said Gideon."
"Fuck you, Nav—”
― Gideon the Ninth
“Once you turn your back on something, you have no more right to act as though you own it.”
― Harrow the Ninth
― Harrow the Ninth
“The nuns tried their best, but a few minutes later it was confirmed that one of the hermits had died of shock, and everyone around him celebrated his sacred good fortune.”
― Gideon the Ninth
― Gideon the Ninth
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