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“I spent forever planning for vigilante, and somehow I ended up with law-abiding and systematic. Yuck.”

“I promise, I’m far more acquainted with the evils of men than you will ever be.”

“It’s good to have you home, Scioness. First you break the curse, then you bring us bacon, and now a wet T-shirt contest. Be still, my heart.” 😄

“But if it is too much to bear, take heart: I am made of stone. And if you do not feel you are strong enough”— I could hear the little smile in his voice—“I will shoulder any weight you give me.” 🥹

“Only that, in a place like the Fervent Peaks, where strength is the greatest marker of merit and cruelty against sprites made commonplace, wouldn’t it be a curious thing if a creature like me defeated these oarsmen at their own crafts?”

Oh Bartholomew ♥️

“You look like the abbess. If she’d have worn a whit of color.” The gargoyle leaned close to the water and whispered conspiratorially to his reflection. “I’m prettier than that bitch ever was.”

I will riot if something happens to Bartholomew ⚔️

“But a riddle is only as smart as its creator is stupid, for an idiot finds many things in this world confusing and assumes them to be clever! Riddles are always products of a mind trying to be cunning, so they can lead to all sorts of dunderheaded shit.”

“But I know this is the beginning. And all I can do is watch.”

Stupid, dumb book 😭

Candidate for the most misleading book title ever, because 😭

“I’m not sure if I could get more work if folk knew I did such a thing.”
“You can blame it on her. They’ll quickly learn her nature and believe you. You can blame more on her if you wish. Crop failures. Pestilence. They’ll believe that, too, soon enough.”

Oh Din & Ana, my faves 😄

“Where, she wonders, do you put all this fucking loss? Not just the would’ve, could’ve, should’ve kind of loss, but the loss of future memories—things that will never happen but you can visualize so clearly, they feel like they once belonged to you. In another life. In a dream.”

“It’s so fucking easy to whisper about women, to demand they be everything at all times. Be innocent but don’t be a prude; be sexy but don’t be a slut; be pretty but don’t be a bitch. The world will pull a woman’s limbs in every direction, then act surprised when she splits and bleeds.”

“When your real life is already scary, horror films or books don’t give you nightmares, they can be weirdly comforting. There’s always that one character who survives, right? Who makes you feel like you can survive anything, too.”

“The tension in my chest fell away, so suddenly and powerfully that I lowered myself to the ground, letting the pressure roll through me in waves. I would never be alone with my children again.”

I dislike the main character so much, but I can’t stop reading this train wreck of a story!

“Beneath the artificial delight was a curdling feeling, a distinctly unsettling sense that I had unknowingly married and been impregnated by a toddler.” 🫠

“That was what I told myself when I found myself under surveillance by a child who should’ve been under surveillance by someone else: it’s good practice! A flawless performance, after all, does not arrive overnight. It takes years —and years, and years— of practice.”

This is her own child she’s speaking of 😐

“After all, if they hadn’t been there for him, he would no longer be alive. He was returning the greatest of favours. They certainly had no idea what they had done, but that was okay. Sometimes, all you had to do was exist in order to be someone’s saviour.”

Why am I feeling so much sympathy for a murderer? 😢

“Murder isn’t the most logical way to escape a difficult situation. It only leads to a different difficult situation. Ishigami would never engage in something so clearly counterproductive. Of course, the converse is also true. That is, he’s quite capable of committing an atrocity, provided that it’s the most logical course of action.”

“I yearn for the lifestyle of a hobbit — slow and cozy with a sprinkle of adventure.”

“Thanks for the tea and warm clothes. And…if you need someone to help you stick it to the man, I’m your girl. Every time.”

“Some things are only meant for the one swimming in dark waters.”

“People aren’t meant to see the cracks in the world. They can’t afford to, not when survival depends on believing they’re not there.”

“You told me to remember: ‘First say to yourself what you would be.’ I’d be someone other than what you made me. I would be myself again.”

That plot twist 🤯 And then the one after that 😧