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‘You know how you can remember exactly when and where you read certain books? A great novel, a truly great one, not only captures a particular fictional experience, it alters and intensifies the way you experience your own life while you’re reading it. And it preserves it, like a time capsule.’

‘Isn’t love a form of hope?’ I said. ‘No. Love is crushing. Love is something you let yourself feel at your own peril, despite your better sense.’

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I’m only about 45% into this book and …I love it. I. Am. In. Love. This is beautiful. This is …sigh. I hope it continues to be like this. I’ve already cried, and laughed, and don’t want it to end.

I. Am. So. Fucking. Stressed!! What did she do? How will she fix it?!

“But he was not sure whether proportion was the heart of beauty. He had a taste for wild, spreading, disorderly things: high mountains, aged oaks, and Aliena’s hair.”

If someone doesn’t kill William, I will lose it!! 😠