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"If I live here, she thought, I will not live."

Deep

"They did not know that Agnes had tasted the meat of an infant fresh from the womb."

I have no words

"...and the strange slickness at her center—her own arousal, base, anatomical, though it served a different purpose. Should something be thrust inside her, this slickness would ease its path, protect her from the worst of the dragging, scraping agony. She would not be violated in that manner, but neither her mind nor her body knew it yet."

Excuse me what

"It was not as if there were a wall between them, but rather that they were each creatures trapped in ice, and their own husks of cold kept them always at the slenderest distance from each other. She did not know what it would take to crack through. She did not know if she was even brave enough to try."

Ava Reid why are you so extra

"Bile rose in Agnes’s throat, but it was not a thin bile; it was rich, richer than any wine she had ever been allowed to drink. It was steeped in malice, yet the aftertaste was pure pleasure. She could not comprehend this exquisite poison. She fled the room, afraid of what was at work inside her soul."

I can't with this book

"His relationship with God was akin to his relationship with his neighbor’s cat: He would pet it, if it came asking, but he did not care whether it lived or died."

👁️👄👁️

"The innards of the tumor so strongly resembled jam that the Most Esteemed Surgeon caught himself envisioning a knife slicing through the jellied red, then scooping and smearing it onto a crust of bread."

Worst analogy ever

"Every lover turns pale in the presence of his beloved.

When a lover suddenly has sight of his beloved, his heart beats wildly.

He who is vexed by thoughts of his love eats little and seldom sleeps.

The true lover believes only that which he thinks will please his beloved."

Giving my aromantic self the ick

"Surely there was at least one woman here who was to his liking. He would accept half, even a quarter of the beauty of a purebred Seraphine, if she was gentle in her manner and eager to please him."

Like a horse??

The cousins are out here sucking each other's fingers again