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“But many gladly joined the ranks, and painted the hulls of their raiding vessels red and never questioned the rightness of what they did.”

oh, I am LOCKED IN

“I thought about how when we were old we could be married, and although I had never thought about it before, it would be something, having this feeling all the time.”

“The weight of centuries had come down.”

“And he had said he loved her and she believed him, and there was no need for fear. Not of him. Of the world, perhaps; of darkness, blood, fire; but not of this man who was, it seemed, amazingly, the destination of her soul.”

“They had stood alone in the middle of the world. A small, still place.”

Miranda Belmonte d’Alveda, the woman that you are.

“But we are all conscious of having a navel, so seeing a torso without one induces awe of a more visceral, even intimate, variety.”

Me, a bellybutton-less girl: 🧍‍♀️

“Human activity has brought my kind to the brink of extinction, but I don’t blame them for it. They didn’t do it maliciously. They just weren’t paying attention. And humans create such beautiful myths; what imaginations they have. Perhaps that’s why their aspirations are so immense. Look at Arecibo. Any species who can build such a thing must have greatness within them.”

“But the changes leading to Nicole’s current form of literacy were more ordinary and gradual: a succession of software gadgets that not only promised but in fact delivered utility and convenience, and I didn’t object to any of them at the times of their introduction.”

THE YEARNINGGGG in this book is unmatched

“Making Ronan Lynch smile felt as charged as making a bargain with Cabeswater. These weren’t forces to play with.”

completely fucking forgot about the last-minute witness scene and Adam finally getting that it’s not pity it’s love and [someone sedate me gif]

I have never loved so many characters so deeply. Even the tertiary characters like Jesse Dittley and Piper Greenmantle — there’s no character I’m not completely thrilled to see on the page 😭

Ronan pressed his finger to the windscreen, and while they watched, he wrote: REMEMBERED.

This scene has never, will never, leave me 😭