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"We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is."

i'm obsessed!!! also i love the way in which this book is constantly reminding me that this is grimdark fantasy, meaning: there isn't and there won't be any happiness EVER 🤠

"But the Hebrew word, the word timshel— 'Thou mayest'— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that Thou mayest not.'"

I cannot put into words how much I am adoring this book.

"Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. (...) Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free? Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our hidden water? It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them."

i really need to start making more progress with this one cause i'm absolutely adoring it!!

just got introduced to all of the Hamiltons and i might need to make a list to remember all of them 😂