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“I am flatterable, and obnoxiously disarmed by praise.”

So beautifully written.

NO WORDS

“Seneca said grief should last no longer than seven years. Anything more was indulgent.”

God, the intentional and long-full yearning between Roya and Leila…

RIP Orkideh, Cyrus’s reaction to this is all but familiar.

Oh my god.

221 / 222: Cyrus……dude. Taking a low blow @ your beloved Zee is extremely disappointing let alone heartbreaking.

“At that final beat, matter, Zee squinted at Cyrus, cocking his head. He tried to reconcile the words he’d just heard with the image of the man he quietly loved, the gentle writer with whom he’d just spent years swinging from joy to joy, despair to despair.. “

“Heaven’s vengeance will not forget.
Shrink, tyrant, from my fire,
and tremble,”

Them pretending to drink the imaginary sips of coffee 🥲

Cyrus talking about his father finally being able to rest once he sent him off to college reminded me of my dad passing the year after my high school graduation and going into college. Wow.

Cyrus apologized for basically trauma dumping on her.

Orkideh’s response: “No, no, it’s beautiful. It’s exactly what I’m here for.” Orkideh smiled after dabbing her eyes as she gestured towards her gallery title.

Cyrus, my beloved….Zee WILL be mad at you forever.

Kareem cooked with his monologue on losing things you love here >>>

Orkideh changing Cyrus’s perspective yet again, which is enchanting to see.

(into pg. 113)
“Fashion is a capitalist weapon,” Zee smirked when asked about them, and before long it became impossible to imagine him wearing anything else on his feet. Cyrus’s sneakers seemed to him a quieter political cousin to Zee’s Crocs, and he liked not having to think about what to put on his feet. A martyr wears simple footwear, he thought to himself.”