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“He was, and is yet, most likely, the wearisomest, self-righteous pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to take the promises to himself, and fling the curses on his neighbors.”

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”

“For an instant I dared to shake off my chains, and look around me with a free and lofty spirit; but the iron had eaten into my flesh, and I sank again, trembling and hopeless, into my miserable self”

“One sudden and desolating change had taken place; but a thousand little circumstances might have by degrees worked other alterations, which, although they were done more tranquilly, might not be the less decisive.”

“Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin. When I look back, it seems to me as if this almost miraculous change of inclination and will was the immediate suggestion of the guardian angel of my life--the last effort made by the spirit of preservation to avert the storm that was even then hanging in the stars and ready to envelop me.”

I’m here for it. This has been such a fun ride through so many of my favorite things and eras. It’s supposed to be in the same universe as Addie LaRue, which is perfection. I hope she expands it even more after this book. It’s been a good one to start book journaling with.

Very eerie start so far but I’m liking the writ in a lot so far.

“Again, when he is done, he puts his palm against her stomach, as if she is nothing but a vessel. An attractive pot, waiting to be filled.” Pg. 52