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"...because all I see when I look at him are eyes the color of a sky I ached to see but was kept hidden from me for ten years."

I. Have. Died. Bye.

time for a palette cleanser before diving deep into another story

I DON’T KNOW HOW I GOT SO LUCKY TO FINALLY READ THIS!! Wow. Just wow. Again, TJR, you are indeed my favorite author.

I missed reading the INCREDIBLE TJR

I bet you 5 bucks Emma is like: "I wish that I was Jesse's girl..."

The past isn't gone. It isn't transcended or excised. It lives on in me. But so does the perspective it has afforded me: that I lived to see liberation because I kept hope alive in my heart. That I lived to see freedom because I learned to forgive.

I keep posting updates because it's my way of posting quotes lol

"...you can live to avenge the past, or you can live to enrich the present. You can live in the prison of the past, or you can let the past be the springboard that helps you reach the life you want now.... We can choose to be our own jailors, or we can choose to be free.

another one: "...the fear produced by this core belief that made her so reluctant to risk showing her genuine self, which in turn made it more likely that her self-defeating belief might come true."

I'm having an "AHA!" moment. Wow.

underlying our least effective and most harmful behaviors is a philosophical or ideological core that is irrational but is so central to our views of our self and the world that often we aren't aware that it is only a belief...the belief determines our feelings...and our feelings in turn influence our behavior...To change our behavior...we must change our feelings, and to change our feelings, we change our thoughts.

"What are my disowned feelings? They are like strangers living in my house, invisible except for the food they steal, the furniture they leave out of place, the mud they trail down the hall. Divorce doesn't liberate me from their uneasy presence. Divorce empties the room of other distractions, of the habitual targets of my blame and resentment, and forces me to sit alone with my feelings."

I felt that. Brilliant!

I kinda vibe with Hannah

“You’re probably so used to it by now, you don’t stop to think of how . . . all these strangers and their responses to your posts are determining your enjoyment. Like, are you even experiencing the harbor right now, or are you trying to come up with a caption?”

Ok, Tessa Bailey. Third time's the charm, they say.

this line right here: “I honestly don’t know what’s worse,” she said. “Losing your parents when they loved you or knowing that they chose to leave because they never loved you enough to stay.”

WOW

chapter 3 and check this out:

The strip of four images showed a man... In the first photo, he was pointing to himself, in the next, the word ‘WILL’ had been written on his bare chest, In the third picture, he held a heavy-handled magnifying glass up to one eye. In the final picture, he pointed a finger directly at the lens, his face was captured in an enormous smile. ‘I will find you,’ Audrey muttered.

Let me put this quote right here...

"In running from the past- from my fear -I didn't find freedom. I made a cell of my dread and sealed the lock with my silence."

I swear, Edith has an angel looking over her

This is heartbreaking but at the same time absolutely incredible

As much as I love my mother, which I do, I can't help but see the relationship between Katy and her mom as... I don't know... creepy?

Remember that scene in FROZEN where Elsa sees Olaf alive for the first time? Like, for Olaf it's just normal to be a living and breathing snowman regardless of how shocked Elsa is.

If you haven't guessed by now, I'm Elsa in this situation and Carol is Olaf. I don't know how the heck she's alive but here we are...

OH MY GOD!!! - so much has happened, so much tea has been spilled and is about to be spilled IM FREAKING OUT

I started out thinking I related more to Kit but now I’m seeing just how much Nina reflects a lot of my own feelings.

Also, fuck you Mick Riva.

I don’t trust Mick Riva, thought it should be said at this point.

I found my absolute favorite quote a few pages ago.

Always trust TJR to write amazing lines and amazing stories.

Don’t judge a book by its cover! There’s a lot of heart in this novel that hides inside a cover with a ripped shirtless man… felt like I had to defend this story.

picked it up again after almost a year hiatus... I just hope I get to finish it this time around