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[second read via hardback]This is the best book I have ever ever read and there will forever be a piece of my soul carved out and devoted to it. Of course I loved you. Of course, of course, of course-
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"Comfort book x 1000000
Katie Leung's Margaret makes me feel safe" — Jul 07, 2026 12:35AM
"Comfort book x 1000000
Katie Leung's Margaret makes me feel safe" — Jul 07, 2026 12:35AM
you’ve gone out of your way to make me feel like I’m less than you. And to coddle your ego, I have made myself less.
“Heaven can't take you from me. I refuse. I refuse.”
― He Who Drowned the World
― He Who Drowned the World
“Your whole world can be falling apart, she thought, but then Springsteen will start playing on the radio.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“I am a witch,” said Vasya. Blood was running down her hand now, spoiling her grip. “I have plucked snowdrops at Midwinter, died at my own choosing, and wept for a nightingale. Now I am beyond prophecy.” She caught his knife on the crosspiece of hers, hilt to hilt. “I have crossed three times nine realms to find you, my lord. And I find you at play, forgetful.” She felt him hesitate. Something deeper than memory ran through his eyes. It might have been fear. “Remember me,” said Vasya. “Once you bid me remember you.”
― The Winter of the Witch
― The Winter of the Witch
“I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“That love of maidens for monsters, that does not fade with time.” He looked weary. “But the rest—I did not count on that.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
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