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“Now, Curdie, are you ready?”
“Yes ma’am,” answered Curdie.
“You do not know what for.”
“You do, ma’am. That is enough.”

I’ve missed AK 🩷

This book is poetry. The entire first chapter was so so lovely. I am, again, impressed and surprised by how much the kids are able to glean

See this is exactly why I can’t get myself to read Outlander or GoT, because I know if I get sucked into them, I won’t want to do/read anything else for months until I finish the series. I’m so behind on laundry rn, honestly grateful book #3 isn’t out for a while

“Complete the journey, warrior” is quickly becoming one of the creepiest lines in literature

“The qualities of a king change the kingdom.”
A timely quote & conversation to ponder over Easter weekend

“The power to protect is the highest of responsibilities, Diago. When a man is given it, his duty is not only to the people he thinks are worthy.”

Maybe it’s just because I don’t read a ton of post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy, but this is giving Broken Earth vibes and I’m really here for it

Why do I keep being surprised at how much I enjoy the big classics?? LOTR, Jane Eyre, East of Eden, and now Anna Karenina. Am I going to end up tackling Moby Dick next?! (jk probably not, but unabridged Les Mis?? maybe 👀)

“I felt a strange excitement as if I had gone to a rendezvous but had not myself met with anyone, passing close by another’s happiness.”

“A story is never wholly yours again, once a movie has colonized your mind’s eye.”

The unease had never gone away. In these memories Nils wakes in the middle of the night, sure that it’s happened. In these memories, he grows anxious every time the telephone rings.

“There is power and potential in a friendship, something that guarantees a friend’s existence and presence, even if he’s moving away.”

“Humans just do smell bad sometimes.”

Hard to say if I love Samuel or Lee more

“Don’t you dare take the lazy way. It’s too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don’t let me catch you doing it! Now—look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do it—not your mother.”

Lots of excitement to be starting CoS :,)

Was not prepared to tear up while reading this, and it’s happened twice already. Also UTR…are you hiring? 🥲

"There’s more beauty in the truth even if it is dreadful beauty." YES LEE

“Maybe both of us have got a piece of him,” said Lee. “Maybe that’s what immortality is.”

“Tom, I’ll trade you honor for honor. You will please hold this in your dark secret place, nor tell any of your brothers and sisters—I know why I’m going—and, Tom, I know where I’m going, and I am content.”

“Tom, I’ll trade you honor for honor. You will please hold this in your dark secret place, nor tell any of your brothers and sisters—I know why I’m going—and, Tom, I know where I’m going, and I am content.”

“A great and lasting story is about everyone or it will not last. The strange and foreign is not interesting—only the deeply personal and familiar.”

So far East of Eden Cathy and Wuthering Heights Cathy are on equal standing when it comes to being horrible humans