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Carrington Curphy
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“It was one of Evelyn Cross's hats. She'd been photographed and sketched in it dozens of times, with its distinctive confectionary swirl of pink feathers and paste diamonds…
This hat that made me feel like I was wearing a cloud and a halo all at once, like I was a heavenly body gracing this sordid earth with my luminous presence.
I'm sure I didn't look beautiful. But damn, did I feel it.”
— Oct 04, 2026 12:19PM
This hat that made me feel like I was wearing a cloud and a halo all at once, like I was a heavenly body gracing this sordid earth with my luminous presence.
I'm sure I didn't look beautiful. But damn, did I feel it.”
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Carrington Curphy
is on page 345 of 400
I appreciate an offer for ending, or potentially ending, a book with heartbreak and walking away, but Phoebe is much stronger than I am. She walks away because she deserves better and I can’t do that.
— Oct 08, 2026 08:59PM
Carrington Curphy
is on page 325 of 400
"Some things just don't make any sense. Sometimes letters don't arrive. Sometimes people fail you. Sometimes hearts get broken. Sometimes people just can't love you the way you want them to.
Fact, unlike fiction, gets messy. And this part of the story is just that. Messy."
— Oct 08, 2026 08:57PM
Fact, unlike fiction, gets messy. And this part of the story is just that. Messy."
Carrington Curphy
is on page 268 of 400
“But my story and Evelyn's—and Thomas's and Armitage's—are like vines climbing up the side of a stone wall. So intertwined, you can't pull them apart without ripping out the roots. I can't pull at the end of my story without finishing theirs first.”
— Oct 08, 2026 04:47PM
Carrington Curphy
is on page 241 of 400
“They were two people bound by rules. No contact outside of working hours. No recklessness. No love affairs. Rules, rules, rules.
Perhaps it was time to see how it would feel to finally break them.”
— Oct 07, 2026 04:27PM
Perhaps it was time to see how it would feel to finally break them.”
Carrington Curphy
is on page 225 of 400
They both want to be undeniable. For Thomas/Tom, he wanted to be too powerful to be denied, much like when a duke’s daughter ran after knowing he really wasn’t Clement
— Oct 06, 2026 04:58PM
Carrington Curphy
is on page 220 of 400
“His life, his agency, his future—not to mention Clement's memory—they had all been sacrificed on the altar of the Ridleys' vanities and ambitions and longings and shames.”
— Oct 06, 2026 04:57PM
Carrington Curphy
is on page 211 of 400
Now this feel more accurate: anger rage demanding “how did this” after policy brutality (also the whole arrest/raid part is probably necessary to the story, then Thomas’ character development too)
— Oct 06, 2026 01:57PM
Carrington Curphy
is on page 206 of 400
The sick “nursing trope” scene feels really forced. He had no idea the extent of the sickness, just got a text and rushed over. It feels like this was added as a box to check. Not something that feels natural in the progression of the relationship
— Oct 06, 2026 01:51PM