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A secret too long kept can kill a soul by inches. I watched a secret almost destroy a man once, the finest man ever made. Such a secret is like keeping treasure in a tomb. Little by little, poison eats away at the gold. By the time the door is opened, there may be nothing left but dust.
Women should value other women, even if society often did not.
“Anna means ‘favor,’ as in ‘God has favored me.’
“My darling lovely one. I know it does not help to be told it, but someone else will come, and she will treat your heart as the precious gift it is.”
this makes me sad since i usually dont read much about cecily and i love her
Even where laws are unjust, hearts can find a way to be together. If you love someone, I have no doubt you will find a way to spend your life with them, Anna. You are the most determined child I know.”
bro i love Cecily so much shes so underrated
“There is nothing so sweet as feasting upon the bones of my enemies. Especially with you at my side.”
was actually eating peking duck while reading this lol
The face of the one you love is the best mirror of all. It shows you your own happiness and your own pain and it helps you to bear both, because to bear either alone is to be overwhelmed by the flood.
“you must hold on. You must. Will needs you to. I need you to.”
London would not give up, and neither would Tessa.
Will, Tessa thought to herself, if you are here, you must help. I cannot lose him too, Will. Together we will save him.
He was Jem, the boy with the violin. Her Jem. Age had not consumed him, as it had her Will, but he might be taken from her all the same.
She pulled herself up and rubbed the tears from her cheeks. She still couldn’t say the words “since Will died.”
thought it best to keep away from you. I am a Silent Brother, he said, and his voice in her head was quiet. I am no use to you.
Being what I am, how can I comfort you? asked Jem. “If you cannot,” said Tessa, “there is nobody in this world who can.”
do not know what comfort a creature like me could bring, said Jem. If I could die to bring him back, I would, but he is gone, and with his loss the world seems even more lost to me. I fight for every drop of emotion I have, but at the same time, Tessa, I cannot see you lonely and not wish to be with you. I am not what I was. I did not want to cause you more pain.
“The whole world seems to have gone mad,” she said, tears burning in her eyes. “Will is gone from me, and you are gone from me, or so I have long thought. And yet tonight, I realized—I could still lose you, Jem. I could lose the hope, the slim hope of the possibility that someday . . .”
“I would go with you anywhere. Even if the world was burning, if the Silent Brothers hunted us to the ends of the earth, I would be happy, if I was with you.”
Tessa, he said. Even when I cannot see, you are so beautiful.
I am sorry, my darling, he told her. That was not fair of me, or well done. When I am with you, I want to forget what I am, but I cannot change it. A Silent Brother can have no wife, no love.
“You are Jem—my Jem. Always my Jem.” I am Brother Zachariah, Jem returned. “So be it!” said Tessa. “You are Brother Zachariah, and my Jem. You are a Silent Brother. That does not mean you are not dear to me as you always were, and you always will be. Do you think anything could separate us? Are either of us so weak as that? After all we have seen and all we have done? I spend every day grateful that you exist and are in the world. And as long as you live, we keep Will alive.”
“We have so much time, Jem. You must promise me that we will not spend it apart. Do not keep away from me. Make me a part of this quest as well. I can help. You must be more careful.”
“Jem, I am immortal. And look outside. Look at the city burning. The only thing I am frightened of is being without those I love.”
My Tessa, There will be no separation between us. Where you are, I am. Where we are, Will is. Whatever else I may be, I remain always, Your Jem
The love of a Herondale can be a great gift.
Brother Lipsmackariah,
Brother Beast-with-two-backs-ariah
Brother Hop-in-the-sack-ariah,”
Once you go Zachariah, you never go backariah.”
Brother Let-him-see-my-rack-ariah.”
Brother Zacharide-him-like-a-bad-pony.
“Brother Sixpackariah,”
Bless the Come-and-Stare family.
Brother Snackariah.”
“Brother Snackariah,”
peanut-butter-and-Jem sandwich?”
“No, I’ve never thought of myself as very good with words.
OMDS JEM YOUARE FUCKING GOOD WITH WORD LIKE 90% OF MY FAVOURITE LINES FROM TID ARE YOUR QUOTES AND YOURE APPARENTLY BAD WITH WORDS OMDS KNOCK SOME SENSE IN YOURSELF
“If my words comforted you, we are even,” he said. “Your voice is the music I love best in all the world.”
Jem-nasium
“No. But you can never replace what you’ve lost, can you?” Tessa said. “You can only find new love to fill the void left behind.”
“Hello there, Wilhelmina Yiqiang Ke Carstairs. Little Mina. You are welcome, little Mina, my heart. We are waiting for you in joy and hope and love.”
Brother Hauntingly Attractive.”
Wilhelmina Yiqiang Ke Carstairs. For their lost Will, the first and only possible name, and wild rose, because all those who Jem loved best grew in beautiful rebellion.
“We’ve only been married a few years,” said Jem. “But we had a very long engagement.”
very long as in like 100+ years
“Saw that movie,” said Kit. “Read that book,” Tessa shot back.
Memories were like love: wound and cure, both at once.
“Yeah, I’m still absorbing the fact that I’m literally Rosemary’s baby,” he remarked. “Read that book,” Tessa said with a faint smile. “Saw that movie,” returned Kit. “I have no idea what you two are talking about,” said Jem, as he usually did when they played Read that book/Saw that movie.
Love had been worth the wait.
“If you’re asking whether I’m working out my emotional pain through a punishing physical regimen,” said Kit, “my answer is obviously a manly yes.
“Think of the people you love,” said Jem, and Kit startled. “It doesn’t matter if they didn’t love you back, or if they did. You keep them here.”
You choose to be yourself, your best self. You can be descended from gods and monsters. You can take the light they left you and be a lamp shining out all their light made new. You can battle the darkness. You can choose always to fight and hope. That is what it means to have a great heart. Don’t be afraid of being yourself.”
