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"He had felt when they made him a Silent Brother as if he had been cut open and all things inside him ripped out. Only, there was that which they could not take away."

"How far? asked Jem. Will smiled. “Need you ask? I will go with you as far as I possibly may.”" These two, I swear to god 😭

"Henry Fairchild used all kinds of ingenious contraptions to get about, but at family breakfasts he had only an ordinary chair. Not that it mattered. He simply launched himself from the chair in his haste to get to Charlotte, and fell heavily on the ground." This broke me

"He rose early to help Cook with the baking. Cook had arthritis, and Matthew’s mama had asked if she was not getting along in years and wishing to retire, but Cook did not wish to retire and nobody had to know if Matthew lent a hand in the early morning. Besides, Matthew liked to see his papa and mama and even Charles eating breakfast he had prepared." Oh this sweet child

"“Ah, fifteen summers, and by the look of you it has been all summer. Some would say only a shallow river could flash so bright,” said the faerie woman, and Matthew looked up at her, an unguarded child surprised by any hurt dealt him. His smile flickered for an instant." Mother Hawthorn is gonna catch these hands.