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“I would wait a thousand years for you. […] If you asked me, I would wait for you until only my bones remained upon an altar. But if you must leave again, then let me follow you, Red.”

“Look at me, love. Let me see your eyes.”
“Vincent.”
He kissed his name from my mouth, and we came undone together.”

“I waited for her return like the stars wait for the sun to set.”

The sheer agony of this book has unwound me. Pierced me to my very soul. I adore it yet cannot bear to think of it.

“In my heart, she had always been the wind, never staying in one place for too long. I had always known that I could not hold on to her. […] It did not matter how much I desired it; some moments, I could draw close enough to share the same breath as her. I could seal her mouth with my own, I could dream of growing old at her side. But there were other moments when I knew I could not follow her.”

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“I laid my hand over her own and turned my mouth to her palm, breathing her in.
We were doomed, she and I.
One day, I would perish, and she would live on, endless as the stars.”

😭😭😭😭😭
Will never get over this line.
One of the most truly romantic books I’ve ever read. That’s saying something. I get Wuthering Heights vibes, though the story is vastly different.

“I collect each moment you’ve been away and I feel them gather in my bones like winter.
I long for you. […]
My life feels brief as the dew when I compare it to your ocean, but if you will have me, this is what I offer you.
My home is your home. My arms are a haven for you to rest. I will love you to my grave, and even beyond it, when the mists welcome me. […]
I love you, dearly, Red.
Come back to me.”

“I love her. I have loved Matilda a very long time. Before I even knew you existed. And there is nothing you can offer me that I want. Nothing you can give me that I need. I am hers.”
It was not difficult to write after that.
Dear Matilda, I wrote.
I let the words flow for her.
And when the ink dried, I gave my very heart to the fire.”

“I would know she was near, even in darkness.
And I had never desired to be a god, to wield power as one, but in that moment, I longed to halt time. I would have made an interlude for us, a space when the hour lost its bite and the sun stood still. We could simply breathe and let ourselves unravel this knot between us, slowly.”

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“Will you take me somewhere safe?” she said.
I gathered her into my arms.”

This!!!!! Does anyone else see it!!???? She’s safe with him!!!! I can’t take it I’m going insane reading this transcendent book.

“As an immortal, ten years should be like dust. A mere page in a tome. But I was measuring it by something else now. I was measuring it by Vincent’s breaths.”

Inject Rebecca Ross’ writing straight into my veins UGH.

“I pressed my lips to Matilda’s neck; I breathed against her chilled skin. She tasted like rain. I whispered in her hair, words only she could hear.
“Return to me, Red. […] If it takes you, then let it also take me.”