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“‘I do not know what you should choose. Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.’
‘That is not advice,’ she said. The wind blew her hair against his face.
‘It is all I have,’ he said. Then he slid his fingers through her hair and kissed her.”

“He seemed to hesitate, just an instant. ‘Think of me sometimes,’ he returned. ‘When the snowdrops have bloomed and the snow has melted.’”

I’m so excited to reread this 😭❤️

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“I do not know what you should choose. Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”
“That is not advise,” she said. The wind blew her hair against his face. “It is all I have,” he said. Then he slid his fingers through her hair and kissed her.

Me: swoons

Vasya did not return the bow. „To small minds,“ she told him, spine very straight, “any skill must look like sorcery.”

Damn, what a burn.

“You saved my life in the forest,“ she said. “You offered me a dowry; you came when I asked you to rid us of the priest. Now this. What do you want of me in return, Morozko?”
He seemed resistant, just an instant. “Think of me sometimes,“ he returned. “When the snowdrops have bloomed and the snow has melted.“

Reread let’s go