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“Next time you’re going to defy the gods, do it for a better reason. I’d hate to see my sister turned to cinders for nothing.”

“Centuries had passed. The earth's wounds had healed and the peace had held. But the grudges of gods are as deathless as their flesh.”

“That word, nymph, paced out the length and breadth of our futures. In our language, it means not just goddess, but bride.”

“Saying no when others say yes doesn’t make it the wrong choice for you.”

“Most people think prophecy is like a mountain, unlikely to adapt to the whimsy of humans. That’s not the case. Prophecy is more like a river, filling in the spaces and crevices so it can continue moving in the direction it desires. And people forget that even mountains are impermanent.”

“When you’ve lived for as long as I have, sometimes the only thing you live long enough to have is regret.”

“There is a difference between searching for the symptoms of a disease you’ve convinced yourself you have and having a competent doctor make an actual diagnosis of your health.”

“It’s easy to blame but harder to forgive.”

“There’s something deeply lonely about confessing your truth.”

“This world is so big, and full of people who keep the magic in their lives. When you see them - and you will - they will recognize you. Young or old. And they will love you.”

“You’re so lucky to be alive – and to have its gifts marked on every part of you. Pleasee, keep growing old.”

“I'm scared of growing up. I don't want to be a teen yet. I'm not ready to let go of all the things that make me happy. I'm scared that… once I choose to leave this world behind… I can never find it again.”

“Have you ever loved anyone so fiercely you were afraid it might shatter you? It was a blessing and a burden I carried.”

“We never discuss politics unless we’re at least half-drunk, Lord Kalen. That’s how we maintain our sanity.”

“And in that instant, I loved the darkest part of you, because I understood.”

“It’s easy to look at a hero and deny their human flaws.”

Tea losing it at the library PLS 😭 and everyone is just resigned, “oh no we’ve lost her” 😭😭😭

“I have no head for poetry and no patience for rituals. I can’t worship you with words or song; I never know the right ones to sing.”

“I don’t need worship.”

“Yes, you do. With my hands. With my mouth. With my heart.” 🥹

“Books are only dangerous to those who keep their flock uneducated, Elder.”

“People need someone to hate. And it’s easier to see that in others than to find it in themselves.

“That is the nature of grief. But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”

“I like how you say ‘try,’ like you would do it again if you thought it would spare me the trouble.”

“Men abandon battle when they see their own fates in these ruined faces.”

I KNEW IT

“Being a noble didn’t exempt you from being fool born.”

This isn’t really enemies to lovers as much as it is “make up the wildest assumptions about each other” to lovers

“Twenty-six in October. But this early in the morning? I feel about a hundred and four.”

“I wanted a home. I wanted a place where I could build a life. And someday, I wanted someone who would love me. Not for what I could do for them, but for who I was to them.”

"How easily a person could convince themselves they were doing the right thing, no matter the damage they did to the person they supposedly cared about, if it was out of love."

"But it’s the strongest love that turns into the strongest hate. And hatred wins wars."