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“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to souls like the Greeks or our own, than to lose control completely?”
This is going to be FANTASTIC, innit?
Also, fancy as hell. Fancy, sophisticated, smart-people stuff. Each sentence packed-full of intelligence. Not a light read, thus far, by any means.
— Jun 06, 2026 06:17PM
This is going to be FANTASTIC, innit?
Also, fancy as hell. Fancy, sophisticated, smart-people stuff. Each sentence packed-full of intelligence. Not a light read, thus far, by any means.
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“She was a living reverie for me: the mere sight of her sparked an almost infinite range of fantasy, from Greek to Gothic, from vulgar to divine.”
Nobody writes a yearning man better than a woman
— Jun 08, 2026 12:13PM
Nobody writes a yearning man better than a woman
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Jun 07, 2026 10:44AM
WE wrote the book on dark academia. All others are pretenders to the throne. 💅💅
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I've always wanted to read this one. I love Dead Poets Society, and this has been said to be closely related.
Kemler, when the genre is mentioned, I only ever think of you, your utter brilliance, and my luck to bear witness and contribute to it 😘😈🤍
Tasha, you and I had literally only talked about it like two weeks before Phia asked me to read this one with her! You’re. Going. To. Loooooooove it 😍😈
I’m almost to chapter 3, which starts on page 104 lol she takes her sweet time writing all the important details so that you’re glued to the characters. SOOOO GOOOD