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Oh wow, this is about Nash.

I really should start reading book descriptions 😅

CB: "Gentlemen, it is good to see you all again. You will forgive me if I leave you for a little while. Six hours in the saddle have taken their toll on my bladder."
VV: "Go piss yourself, you don't even have the balls to do the job yourself."
CB: "You're right, Vitelli. I only have 'balls' when it comes to killing men. Cockroaches I leave to others."

He wasn't afraid of me, I write. That was his first mistake.

"You don’t even remember my name, do you?”

Re-reading book 1 to delay the inevitable.

“Hey, guys. Idea. Let’s not walk right into the trap the crazy witch has set up for us. Huh? Right? Any takers? Anyone at all?” He sighed when no one spoke. “Fucking werewolves.” He crossed his arms and glared at the sidewalk.”

Many things that are not what you want
arrive in the disguise of flowers.
Lotus foot, the petals,
broken bones.

2021 finds me ridiculing Caelena and Chaol on every page; my goodness what's happening

I didn't expect to feel the feelings I felt when I read the acknowledgements so maybe the actual book would be interesting.....

I thought oh well, he only met you during the summer, he's still wasn't really himself then, he's been so much better since. And now I realise that you're actually a function of the betterness, or it's a function of you. Are you making my husband better, Frances? What gives you the right to do that?

Ch. 187 - Romance in the Carriage

“Vanessa,” he says slowly. “You’re an idiot.”

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"And what is so wrong with wanting my freedom? Haven't I suffered enough to deserve it? So what if the means are unpleasant?"

I moved with excruciating slowness. Night turned to dawn though I didn't notice the change until it had already passed, as if I'd been a sleepwalker awakened by the sunlight. The shadows were shrinking as I arrived on the outskirts of a village in the glow of a new morning.

One of my best students. It's a strange compliment coming from a man who once turned a student into a wife.

"You and I started long before I ever laid a hand on you."
He says this so forcefully, I can tell he's said this to himself many times before.

It had been a dreadful miscalculation, she saw that now: that all of them should be unhappy, so that he should not be disgraced.

“Goodness,” Helen murmured, “he was . . .”
“Tall? Dark? Brooding?” Jane filled in. He was just like the men in the great romances. He was just like Mr. Darcy. “I agree.”

“I’m looking for my mother,” she said loudly. “She was here, and now she’s not, and I have a problem, so find her and give her back right now, because I need her more than you do!”

totally appreciating Miller's portrayal of Circe

For some reason they waited.
They waited until the five of us got there to switch it on.

"Maybe he evolved," Priya said from the bathroom doorway, "like a Pokémon."


lol I like the Bunces

Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch? Possibelf?

goodness me, what—

Susan felt her chest burning. “Mama, what is wrong with you? She didn’t let him take her.” Then, as her mother shook her head, the words escaped, as violent as a slap. “You did."

"What is the matter with you, Sally Horner? You act like you're walking to your own funeral."

Half of me was thinking, Wow, he's making plans for the future and they include me. The other half, though? And so begin the excuses. First it was this case. What would it be next?

"Tori, being single isn’t awful. I mean, it’s hard sometimes, yes. But it’s not the worst thing in the world. I mean, it’s not as bad as being in the wrong relationship."

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