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2 chapters in and by god this is brutal

“All seems smooth and easy — where is the obstacle?” “Here! and here!” replied Catherine, storming one hand on her forehead and the other on her breast. “In whichever place the soul lives. In my soul and in my heart, I’m convinced I’m wrong!”

immediately it is obvious that madison does not have the grit to 1) live in New York City or 2) make it as a chef, so I am immediately trying to reserve judgment

“But I wasn’t a good princess.”

I’m not your Cinderella. I’m your bad Cinderella <\3 I AM BAAAAAAD CINDERELLA

“I didn’t wear pants. Ever.” good lord

“I suppose that nature works on such a hopeful basis that we believe against ourselves that things will be as they ought to be, not as we should know that they will be.”

“It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way—even by death—and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.”

it’s kind of giving “You’re the monster!” in the new frankenstein movie

oh they’re like… MEAN to each other. oh my goodness

“Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.”

“My thesis is this: I want you to believe."

"To believe what?"

"To believe in things that you cannot.”

“Will stepped forward and shoved him against a bookcase.”

damn will… you just got attacked and tied up and he saves you and you- DAMN

absolutely insane generational 70-page run. holy crap. wtf. and you’re telling me the book goes on for another 700 PAGES ?

heterosexual knotting conversation in straight white girl popular media circles… someone sedate me

“I suppose a cry does us all good at times—clears the air as other rain does.”

This is soooo bad that I’m actively treating it like a comedy. “what the fuck are you doing, WIFE”

together by 20%… that’s diabolical (I love kip)

flash banged with a reminder of jason’s death and it wasn’t even in a good book series :/

“Devotion is so rare, and we are so grateful to those who show it unasked to those we love.”

“I may err—I am but man; but I believe in all I do.”

I think I’ve finally made it to the “Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812” part… YIPPEE !

it is 2025. I am kicking my feet and giggling at andrey falling in love with natasha. this is russian literature published in 1869…

bluesey tension is killing me

“What’s right and what’s wrong is something we can’t decide. People keep making mistakes and they always will, especially when it comes to right and wrong.”

“Explain the misguided thinking of some whites—not all whites, but enough whites—that gave it force and meaning.”

I like this quote. Not all, but enough - that it gave force and meaning.