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We need to kill Donato Sorrante. It’s the only way.

“Cleaning the rooms I found a blue paper bookmark that belonged to Nino and I hid it among my things. At night, in my bed in the kitchen, I sniffed it, kissed it, licked it with the tip of my tongue and cried. My own desperate passion moved me and my weeping fed on itself.”

shes crazy omfgrgsjshns i can tell this is about to be a mess

“But people will fall in love with you.”
“Worse for them.”
“They’ll suffer like that Dido.”
“No, they’ll go and find someone else, just like Aeneas, who eventually settled down with the daughter of a king.”

its easy to peg lila as antagonistic in lelu's life but then u read these passages and see how much she devalues herself. her brilliance will always be undercut by the reality of her circumstances

genuinely so intrigued by everything happening so far. elena and lila's dynamic is taking me back to the almost cult-y feeling i had in my younger years with friends who thrived on tests of loyalty, but i dont hate lila at all, given her troubles at home. i resonate with elena so deeply. i am fascinated by their world so far. disperazione.