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"He either would win or be ruined. There was nothing else between those extremes. But then, there never had been."
real I love you kennit

"I could never suffer enough to make up for the things I had done, and the things I must go on doing."
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why is this reminding me of wen ning

"You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost."
such a good quote from Amber
also I have a suspicion she might be the fool...

"Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war."
just liked these lines

why am I even here again

why are lymond and ivan flirting so hard. worlds most sexually charged chess game

"Sug was having it good. One of his henchmen was even named Hench."
genuinely made me laugh out loud

kennit is such a neurotic little freak im obsessed with him

"Human desire is always insatiable. The only difference is in what you desire."
fantastic line

I wonder if the conqueror star inspired the comet in asoiaf

loved the ascians story, maybe my favorite book of the new sun chapter of them all

"He is... important to me."
my jiriki simon gay agenda

"At night, as the count huddled with Maegwin and Isorn before the fire, a heavy stillness lay over everything."
misread heavy as horny which would have been wild but I would have approved. sadly I'm just too tired to read correctly

"I wince to think of the price willingly paid for loving me."
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"It was not my lot to breathe fullness and comfort, I needed the spur of tormented haste."
oh mood

bit ominous and foreboding that we're doing q&a about suffering and regrets...

"I gave my body over to Burrich, my soul to Smithy, and let go of my mind for a long while."
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"If I don't have no more fury, then shame over not having it, which lead to fury for having shame, will do."
really complex emotion conveyed so simply

this whole time thinking the baby is the pawn but maybe it's jerott

arthur what the fuck is wrong with you

oh my god im so distraught about little severian

xie lian might be connecting drinking alcohol and breaking his vows with affection for hua cheng

somewhere along the way I started imagining qi rong with the same voice I imagine lancer from deltarune having lmao

the tension between damen and laurent is so insanely delicious it's making my chest hurt

"Convents were for the overly devout or the utterly defeated, and she was neither."
God I do kind of love Elizabeth just because she's so outrageous

"I believe you had some conversation recently with your Prince Jiriki?" Deornoth was amused to see the young man's cheeks turn bright scarlet.
tad dont bait me like this I know they're not gonna be gay but I can dream. I can dream man

"Suddenly she turns, a look of panic etched onto her grandmother mask."
that's just not true??

I feel like a genius because I knew dorcas had been dead and brought back to life since we met her, although I didn't know the claw did that. still I'll take my wins where I can

omg im tearing up here