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“In this brief moment, I know what I want, and I understand how completely that terrifies me. Because to want is to risk disappointment. And life has so bitterly disappointed me.” (190)

RAHHHH

After 4 years I think I’m finally able to read about the 14th century just for funsies and pure enjoyment

“To be a woman is a horror I can little comprehend”

“It is a ravenous thing, ambition; even more so than curiosity. For some, I have heard, it is a fair-weather companion, evaporating at the first sign of hardship and leaving its bearer behind with only modest dreams. For others, however, it is merciless— a burning, aching, gnawing thing that refuses to abandon its host no matter how long or hard they work, until either they succeed or are left hollowed out”