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"The smell of a storm is in the wind.
I greet the idea of my fragile armor being washed away in the
rain with gratitude."

"Against the backdrop of the Romanesque architecture in that
part of the city, and in the moody light of the lamps, his eyes were
shattered glass. Sharp with secrets I dared not touch."

omigod what a beautiful sentence

"Clementine, with her talk of stardust and whimsy, has lodged
herself in the quiet places of my mind."

"Allowing someone to touch me is a privilege I don’t take lightly.
It’s a level of trust unlike any other, letting a person into your
personal space.
But what’s coursing through me at the brief feeling of his skin
meeting mine is shock.
It’s like he’s kissing my heart."

"Now I ration my words—saving them up as if
they’re too expensive to give away.
He tilts his head slightly when I speak, like he’s tuning into my
frequency."

The verbiage is so gorgeously put together

"Maybe this strange woman is another reminder that the world is
full of soft sorrow."

"The issue lies in my lack of faith in mankind’s compassion."

this book reads FAR DIFFERENTLY than i expected it too, and i'm having trouble figuring out how i feel about that

i'm REALLY uncomfortable

who needs drugs when you can just read a court of mist and fury

“You were always such a liar, Morrigan.”

this is SUCH AN INTERESTING statement

"I would be happy beyond reason, though, if you one day did honor me with children. To share that with you."

HEY i'm gonna start sobbing

THEN EAT!!!!!!!! 😛😗🙂‍↕️🤭🥴

“So I let you walk away. I told myself after you were gone that maybe . . . maybe the Cauldron had been kind, and not cruel, for letting me see you. Just once. A gift for what I was enduring.”

“And there it was.
A future.
The future I saw for myself, bright as the sunrise over the Sidra.
A direction, and a goal, and an invitation to see what else immortality might offer me. It did not seem so listless, so empty, anymore.
And I would fight until my last breath to attain it—to defend it.”

it is still BAFFLING to me the way she just started painting STUFF. literally painting ANYTHING SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON

YEAH THIS IS SO TEA HOLY COW

“trained as a warrior” vs Warrior with a capital W

yeah i’m just CRYING dude

HE WAS THE ONE WHO LET ME OUT!!!!!!!!!

oh. my. god. 🤤

"Wondered if . . . if perhaps the arrogance and swagger . . . if they masked a male who perhaps thought he wasn't worth very much at all."