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“How tragic that a woman’s worth equates to the depth of a man’s pockets.”

“I’d learned at too early an age that a girls scream drew nothing more than apathy.”

I thought getting into classic literature would make me feel dumb and would be really hard but I’m thoroughly enjoying this read so far. I think the most difficult part about it is remembering characters

“my imagination has prove to be painfully inadequate when it comes to the sound of your laughter”

“But Athena is the reason for any modicum of excuses I’ve ever had. My career as an author does not exist without her.
Without Athena, who am I?”

RF Kuang, you are the queen of haunting the narrative

“What more can we want as writers than such immortality? Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered?”

“Mom has always had the particular ability to reduce all my aspirations to trivial obsessions with a simple disinterested question.”

“And once you’re writing for the market, it doesn’t matter what stories are burning inside you. It matters what audiences want to see and no one cares about the inner musings of a plain, straight while girl from Philly

“An act of translation is an act of betrayal”
ROBIN
BABEL
OXFORD

“I think it’s very dangerous to start censoring what authors should and shouldn’t write.
I’d hate to live in a world where we tell people what they should and shouldn’t write based on the color of their skin”

“On a bad day, books offer a language for your pain, and on a good day, books remind you just how precious your life is.”

“We’ll have you moving on from her in no time” he says with a wink.
“Who said I wanted to?” Cyrus said flatly
HIS NAME IS CYRUSSSSS
grrrrrrrrrrrr

I guessed one of the plot twists, this is fun but I’m still not super connected with the characters 😔 but I want to see what happens lol

I’m entertained, but not super connected if that makes sense. The plot is very fast which is fun, and I like the twists and turns. The romance is funky idk how I feel about it yet. It’s not a 5 star but I’m feeling like it’ll be at least a 3

Dragons 😋

Loving this😛 the plot is reminding me of that fast paced murder mystery that house of earth and blood had!!! Also I have no clue what’s going on but like in the best way! “The other”???? Omg omg hehehe

The size of this book is super intimidating but it’s actually not that bad so far, I like it a lot and it ties in religion too which is so cool!! I still don’t know what’s going on 100% but it’s easier to understand than I expected 😁

“All the world is a cage in a young girl’s eyes”

listening to this on audio ☺️😋 i like it

starting part two now. here’s some notes from Tatami and the Obstructor of Romance:
-the timeline is strange. i don’t know what is new and what is memory
-the mc is insufferable but in a relatable way
-i like ozu
-i want to know more about the magical plot, im still super lost on it
-the moths????
-the writing is really good but confusing

i still have no clue what’s going on
and this book is weird.

“what im realizing is that if you’re quiet about the things that hurt you, people are only going to mistake your tolerance for permission.”

“i’m so used to talking responsibility for everything, to apologizing to her and everyone else, that it feels wrong not to say sorry.”

“you’re the only person worth paying attention to”

AAAHHHHHHH

“in psychology class, the teacher explained to us how memories are formed. what kind of memories stick with us over the years. it’s not always the ones you think matter the most, the typical milestone.”