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“Her mind is like a tide pool, with many things dwelling inside.”

Obsessed with this dynamic:

They (Leo & Max) have no sense of what is real and what is play, only that the Absent-Minded Professor is a kind of god, all-knowing, and that with the right password, they will be privy to his secrets, which are the secrets of the world.

"I would very much appreciate it if I had two assistants to quiz me from time to time, so that these things don't just fall out of my brain."
Leo & Max are happy to oblige. They grill him on rivers & lakes. They ask him to quote Romeo & Juliet. They want to know where Atlantis is, what feathers are made of, whether hair grows right out of their scalps or from their tangled ends, & he tells them.

“His name carries the proud hopes of their family—Maximino, meaning "greatest," a name lifted all the way up from Latin. Leo has no particular talents. Her name is lifted from a long-dead aunt.”

(And a Nonna so hawt in her youth that her stunning beauty tempts priests 🙌🏽)

I’m only 3 pages into this book and I already want to visit this hotel SO BAD

Weird but ok