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“‘You could be different,’ Elena said quietly. ‘You could be great. Greater than me—than any of us. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”

“I name you Elentiya. I give you this name to use with honor, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, ‘Spirit That Could Not Be Broken.’”

“He won every game, yet she hardly noticed. As long as she hit the ball, it resulted in shameless bragging. When she missed—well, even the fires of hell couldn’t compare to rage that burst her mouth.” she’s so me 💜

“Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.” 🌟✨⭐️

But she squared her shoulders. Straightened her spine.
“My name is Celaena Sardothien,” she whispered, “and I will not be afraid.

THIS BOOK MAKES ME CRY EVERY TIME.

“If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger.”

you guys. i have officially decided it is time for my reread of throne of glass. fire me up

😭😭😭😭😭“In other words, yes. All you crawlers in Cuba pulled it off. Especially Carl who literally pulled off a guy named Raul to make this happen. And in case you don’t get the metaphor: Carl jerked off a crab.” “What the fuck?” I called up into the air. “That’s not true!”

Never stare into the blinding eye of the Bedlam Bride. What it means is don’t become obsessed with something, lest you’re blinded to everything else.

“You are wrong about why you are good at what you do,” Cristina said. “It is not just training. Everyone trains, Emma.” “Yeah, but I kill myself training,” Emma said. “It’s just about all I do. I get up and train, and run, and I split my hands on the punching bag, and I train for hours into the night, and I have to, because there is nothing else special about me and nothing else that matters.”

“Men, if you must die with your boots on, die for your families, your homes, your country, but do not longer consent to die, like rats in a trap, for those who have no more interest in you than in the pick you dig with”

“Donut: PREPOTENTE DON’T BE MEAN TO KATIA. Rezan: Why does that cat always type in all caps? Donut: WHY DIDN’T YOUR MOTHER DRIBBLE YOU BACK OUT ONTO THE TRUCK STOP BATHROOM FLOOR, REZAN?”

You belong where you're loved.

“Sometimes, there are no surprises, and despite that, despite your intention to gird yourself against what’s about to come, it still hits you with the force of a kick to the stomach.”

My armor may dent, my sword may break, but I will never diminish.

“The cathedral, its Omens, its Diviners sit on high,” the gargoyle said plainly. “If you only ever look up at something, can you ever see it clearly?”

“Which is more intricate?” he mused. “The designs of men, trying to reach gods, or that of gods, trying to reach men?” My hammer collided with a chunk of granite. “What is either to the intricacies of women, who reach both?”

a man trapped in an alien Hunger Games–style dungeon video game while wearing only heart-shaped underwear and no shoes because the AI running the game has a foot fetish. His main companion is a talking cat named Princess Donut who rides a chicken/velociraptor pet, and together they’re attempting to help a deranged goat lady who’s been turned into a vampire and is now spreading vampirism to evil dinosaurs.

“And how is that machine greased? The universe’s four lubricants. Blood, tears, taxes, and lawyers.”

“The first step in taking control of a nation, Arteth, is the simplest. You find someone to hate. You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.”

And as Doctor Ian Malcolm once famously said, Life, uh, finds a way.

“I don’t understand a word of what the fuck you just said.” The robot sighed. “I apologize, Carl. Let me translate it to earth monkey speak.

LOL

“Kids aren’t always a product of their parents. But sometimes that doesn’t matter. Sometimes parents can cast a shadow so thick, you can drown in it.”

this book is terrible!

Paedyn is fighting for her life and losing to common sense. Girl is out here giving full attitude to the King’s Enforcer like she’s not one eyebrow raise away from being publicly executed. You do! not! know! this! man! Please get some self-preservation instincts I’m begging. Also why is this man braiding her hair in the middle of the arena during training. I am uncomfy

the writing is SO BAD 😭😭😭

“PRINCE Raoden of Arelon awoke early that morning, completely unaware that he had been damned for all eternity.”

we are so back. brandon i missed you

“It would be simpler for him to lay down and die for her than to try to convey the enormity of all that he felt in her presence”

They asked, “Do you love her to death?” I said, “Speak of her over my grave and watch how she brings me back to life.”

Is it not a small miracle to bear witness to such beauty?”
“Yes,” he said, still staring at her.