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The more I think about it, the more I am coming to terms with them marrying. I realize Roman was just about to get married to a different woman (set up by his father). And they are also, technically, on the brink of death. They are both going to war and may die, so maybe this is more like shining a light in the darkness, while also confessing their feelings for one another. Even if it may seem like a lot... (imo)

"'...I finally acknowledged that I was in love with you...'"
Maybe this is just me, because I guess the book is close to done *but*, I just can not get behind saying "I love you" to someone after even several weeks.
GURL and he's said it TWICE now. I'm losing my mind-- and I'm starting to dislike him. AT LEAST GET TO KNOW HER BETTER?!
(please idk how i will finish)

"Love, Iris" and "Yours, C", among many other instances--they are not enemies in any sense of the word.😭 I know it's almost half way through the book, but with a typical enemies to lovers I would think that it would be further towards the end of the book when they begin to let down their guards...
I mean maybe Iris doesn't know it's him. *But*, Roman certainly knows.

"'When we've just learned not to hate each other.'"

Did not realize this book would get a tad bit freaky so soon

"In a small voice, she said, 'It’s a…well, it’s a virility potion.'"
i might actually have to give this book 5/5 stars. the way i started laughing so hard at the few lines following Hermione's statement here.

"And that there is no complete thing, ever. At least in this world."

"I had no desire to look around the small, ordinary town of Brunnen. I was content to sit next to Immanuel and look out at the lake, and to share aimless chat as I ate the cheesecake, which was not at all sweet."

"When we take as true the premise that if something is lost, something else is gained, given that I lost you, what have I gained?"

"'You'll just become them, sooner or later. If all you're trying to do is change who's in control, then you'd don't really want to change anything.'"

"You don't *have* a family. You *make* a family."

"I admired how he would never do anything other than what felt most important to him and how he had no problem doing it alone, at his own speed, and without needing validation from other people around him."

"It seems to me that the idea of something disappearing from the world and what the world would actually be like without it are two totally different things. It's not only about the thing suddenly not being there. There's something else that happens that can't be measured. It's a real loss, an emptiness that's created. It's so small you could miss it, but without anyone noticing, our lives are changed completely."

"You crazy about bugs or something?"
"Not really. My dad is. He likes to fold them out of paper. It's one of his hobbies."
"Weird," "What's his other hobby?"
"Committing suicide."

"It's a sentimental song about how it's okay to have impossible goals, because if you follow your unreachable star no matter how hopeless or far, your heart will be peaceful when you're dead, even though you might be scorned and covered with scars like I am while you're still alive."

"'You need the exercise,' he told her."

WAIT? I thought Oliver was chill and kind? This was crazy to read--rethinking his entire character right now.

"She needed her own species, not to talk to, necessarily, but just to be among, as a bystander in a crowd or an anonymous witness." Me too, me too🙋‍♀️