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"I have twice been weighed down with the grief of not knowing whether to mourn you. If you finally make me do so, *******, I will not forgive you. Not in this life or the next."

You hear that people?! You hear that crack?! That's my freaking heart breaking 💔

"I have twice been weighed down with the grief of not knowing whether to mourn you. If you finally make me do so, *******, I will not forgive you. Not in this life it or the next."

YOU HEAR THAT! THAT'S MY HEART ALREADY MOURNING 🥺😭

"Tamarind juice before we leave, I know how fond you are of it."

BAAHAHAHAHA I'M CACKLING!! NO HE DIDN'T 😂✨️ Zesty boii knows exactly what he did in book 2

"God forgive him, he wanted to touch her."

DO IT! 😩💓✨️

"Creator, why do you always make things so awkward? I'm a healer. I see people —men!—all the time. And it's not like you have anything to be embarrassed about!"

I'm creasing so hard! 😭😂 One of the most shy characters I've ever read, and I'm here for it 💕 when I tell you that these characters are so loveable and unique.

"This...this tangle of tenderness and longing, of sheer terror and unexpected light, the certainty that he could have blissfully spent the rest of his life with her hand brushing his wrist as they perused books and argued about food in a Cairo ruin, the sensation like he'd been shoved off a cliff each time she grinned..."

The innocence of this love has my heart so full 💓 Lord its me again 💖

"Then I'm glad I gave it to you."

YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.YOU'RE HURTING EACHOTHER.

"You looked like HIM that night on the palace roof..."

Why don't you stab me?! 😩😭😭😭

"And considering how his own people had just fled from him, perhaps he should keep this visage. He certainly felt like a monster."

MY SHAYYYLAAA YOU'RE NOT A MONSTER 😩😭

"I'll come find you in Paradise, I swear, and they'll kick you out for associating with such a disrespectful thief."

I don't know if I should laugh or cry 🥺🥹✨️