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“And all I can think is: sometimes what-ifs come true.” Best ending I’ve read in a while

“I thought I remembered this feeling, but I must have remembered through glass. Because I wouldn't have survived the full force of not having this.” Love thisssss

Whyyyyy this book HURTS

“"Mikey, I want to be in love with you so badly." He closes his eyes, smiling tightly.
"But you're not."
I shake my head slowly. "I'm not."
A tear slides down the bridge of Mikey's nose, and he wipes it roughly away. Then he rolls away from me, onto his back.” Oh I’m crying

“I'm completely in love. I've been in love all along.
But not with Mikey. And when I think about the future, Mikey's not the one who's in it.” My heart!!!!

“Sometimes I feel like were a clock with one hand stuck on eleven, never quite meeting in the middle at twelve.
I hope we'll find our time.” Ohhhh my heart!!!

“I hate her, Eleanor thought, she sickens me; she is all washed and clean and wearing my red sweater.” Yikes girly!

Why is Eleanor hating on Theodora all the sudden??

“"When Luke and I are called outside, and you two are kept imprisoned inside, doesn't it begin to seem" —and his voice was very quiet-"doesn't it begin to seem that the intention is, somehow, to separate us?"” Yeah this house is alive

“Eleanor said aloud, "Now I know why people scream, because I think I'm going to," and Theodora said, "I will if you will," and laughed…” the inclusion of comedy mixed with the horror/gothic tropes are so amazing

“Because it is not pleasant; it starts in your stomach and goes in waves around and up and down again like something alive. Like something alive. Yes. Like something alive.” Love the personification of the house being alive

Love the narration style and how the horror/gothic tropes are often countered with the characters making jokes or acting out an abruptly ridiculous scene to create a lighthearted mood

Ahhh Theodora is so lovely and glad her and Eleanor are becoming friends

“It was a house without kindness, never meant to be lived in, not a fit place for people or for love or for hope.” Live the personification of Hill House

The Two Cocks and the Eagle
“This fable shows that the Lord resisteth the proud but giveth grace unto the humble.”

The Cat and the Cock
“This fable shows that someone with a wicked nature who is determined to do wrong, when he cannot do so in the guise of a good man, does his evil deeds openly.”

The Nightingale and the Hawk
“Men are foolish who, in hope of greater things, let those which they have in their grasp escape.”

“Oliver burst into tears. He hadn't meant to hadn't expected to but hearing those words, my son, from his mother was so unexpected but so needed that it broke the dam of anxiety within him.”
Mothers really always get it but so glad the day was the first one to be supportive

“”I love you, Oliver," Darcy said. "Most ardently."
It was everything Oliver had ever dreamed of hearing.
Everything he'd been so afraid he would never hear. It was every dream he dared have wrapped in a bow and presented with so much warmth in those brown eyes that Oliver couldn't deny their legitimacy.” My heart!!!

“"I love you, Oliver," Darcy said. "Most ardently."
It was everything Oliver had ever dreamed of hearing.
Everything he'd been so afraid he would never hear. It was every dream he dared have wrapped in a bow and presented with so much warmth in those brown eyes that Oliver couldn't deny their legitimacy.” My heart!!!!!

This book is too good!!

“His father squeezed his shoulders. "When you're ready, son,
P'l be right there with you."
Oliver hadn't realized how much he needed to hear those words. His whole body relaxed with an inaudible sigh, and though tears gathered in the corners of Oliver's eyes, he was smiling.”

“"Father,"…"You should know..." God, he was trembling. His insides felt like a plucked string, reverberating with sound. "You should know my name is Oliver. And I'm ... I'm your son." Mr. Bennet's smile grew into a full grin, spreading across his face like a plant turning its leaves to the sun. "You most certainly are," he said, and then his arms were around Oliver.””

“At the end, he says: It's like that, there's nothing to discuss (to negotiate, I think he even says). If you prefer, we can stop. Right now, immediately, if you can't stand it anymore. I say: No, I don't want to stop. The terror of losing him outweighs any other consideration.”

“Later in the night, I'm seized by the desire to kiss him, to break from the crowd and go to him. Alcohol has lifted all my inhibitions. All except this one. Even in my current state of abandon I remain obedient to him, aware of the mortal risk I'd run. I decide to leave the party.”

“(And when you've been hurt once, you're afraid to try again later, in dread of enduring the same pain. You avoid getting hurt in an attempt to avoid suffering: for years, this principle will serve as my holy sacrament. So many lost years.)”

Love this series so much! Tyson and Grover better be alive and well! And Rachel better not die or I’ll rip the book in half

Poor Nico! I forgot about Bianca and them having to tell Nico. But also the fact that he’s a child of Hades! I suspected it when Bianca first stabbed the skeleton and it set ablaze but still confirmation!