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"forgot to mark this as CR on GR lols. this is fun!! im havin a blast but i fear its too long for what i need rn. going to power through and see how it wraps up tho!" — Apr 29, 2026 08:28AM
"forgot to mark this as CR on GR lols. this is fun!! im havin a blast but i fear its too long for what i need rn. going to power through and see how it wraps up tho!" — Apr 29, 2026 08:28AM
Babel
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Language was always the companion of empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall.
“There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.”
― City of Glass
― City of Glass
“We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt--I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted--and then I realized that truly I just wanted you.”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
“I am a man" he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone woman, and bring me something brown.”
― City of Glass
― City of Glass
“Have you tried talking to her?"
"No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You don't think that will work?”
― City of Glass
"No. We've been punching her in the face repeatedly. What? You don't think that will work?”
― City of Glass
“His thumbs ran over my cheeks. Our foreheads touched. My dreamscape scorched. He set fire to the poppies.”
― The Bone Season
― The Bone Season
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