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“… She had always been astonished by people who could fall asleep fast, like there was nothing to it. Like their spirits weren’t burdened with suffering and resentment. Like their hearts and minds could so easily be at peace.”

“Are they…?”
“No,”
“But they like each other?”
“Hard to say.”

🤭

“There had been no ulterior motive for learning about the night sky, only that she found it fascinating. She could remember the sky being full of stars when she was a child. They were more difficult to see these days, now that so much of the city’s power grid had been fixed. She liked electricity, but some nights, she would have given almost anything to see the Milky Way again.”

“... I took up knitting for a while, but never progressed beyond really ragged scarves. Then there was bird-watching, juggling, embroidery, astronomy—” “Whoa, whoa, whoa,” said Adrian, laughing. “Start over. Knitting? Seriously?” “It’s an undervalued art,” said Nova”

It is and why do you have to call me out like that? Because same 🫣

“Her lip twitched and again she wasn’t sure what was more annoying—that he hadn’t followed her to ask about **********, or that she still sort of wished he had.”

Nova kept her attention on the street below. “What exactly are we looking for?” “Villains,” Oscar said. “Doing villainous things.”

😂

“Huge letdown, right?”

Little bit

“Adrian took Nova’s left forearm, but hesitated when he saw the delicate bracelet. He took the other arm instead. … It was so light she could barely feel it—or perhaps she was simply too in tune with the warmth coming off Adrian’s fingers to pay much attention to …”

#When I’ve been reading too much romance

Adrian grinned. “Now who’s showing off?”

She is, and she should be

“… how can we expect people to change if we don’t give them the chance to?”

“He held her eyes as she approached and the way he looked at her made her victory feel newly, inexplicably real. It wasn’t entirely a look of shock, though there was a bit of that. But there was something dumbfounded and impressed and proud there, too, and it made her heart swell.”

😏

“Not with you.”

Mic drop 🎤
She just did that

“Trust me,” whispered Adrian. “I have a feeling about her.”
On his other side, Ruby snickered. “Yeah, I can tell exactly what kind of feeling you have about her.”
Adrian turned toward her, annoyed. “Not like that.”
She raised a suggestive eyebrow.

Sure it’s not like that, I’m with Ruby 😉

“But all the logic in the world couldn’t smother the truth that Adrian felt in his drumming heartbeat. There had been something about her at the parade. He’d been watching her when... Because he’d been drawn to her, even then…”

I’m not the only one developing a crush then 🤭

“Heroism wasn’t about what you could do, it was about what you did. It was about who you saved when they needed saving.”

Love that

“And if revenge does not bring you joy?”
“It’s not joy I’m looking for.”

👀

“Psychometry. Nothing dangerous.” Psychometry. The ability to see into an object’s past.”

I was today years old when things finally make sense, never thought to look it up before 🤯

“How do you know this woman again?” asked Nova. “Oh, I don’t, not really. But then—how much do we really know anyone? Can we say with absolute certainty that we even truly know ourselves?"

I really like Leroy

"That each of those stars was its own sun, thousands of light-years away. That to look at a star was to look back in time, to an age in which there were no prodigies at all."

“To be weak,” Phobia rasped. “To be helpless.” Ingrid cast him a sideways look. “Excuse me?” “That is his deepest fear,” said Phobia, idly twirling the scythe blade overhead. “To be, in essence, without power.”

Now that is a better fear than Tris from divergent had

"He went straight to the bookshelf...."

My kind of man 😍

"But Nightmare … she was new. A mystery. And a threat. When he closed his eyes, he could see her, the slightest glint of her eyes... Without expression. Without remorse. Without fear,... He released a shuddering breath. It hadn’t been a dream. She had said them. It couldn’t be a coincidence. “Nightmare,” he whispered..."

Guess I'm not the only one developing a crush 😏

"... he’d been confident he could do anything, stop anyone. But Nightmare had barely bat an eye. Not just that. She’d mocked him."

When men meet a confident woman 😎

"How had she beaten him? He grimaced, recognizing his own pathetic attempts to defend his pride. Who was he kidding? He had underestimated an opponent who should not have been underestimated. She was strong. She was clever... actually pretty impressive. Shaking his head, he started to laugh, wryly at first, but it quickly grew with real humor, even if it was at his own expense... “Next time,” he whispered to himself

“We’re not done.”

“Another fire elemental. How quaint. Not exactly a rare breed, but it’s hard to criticize a classic.”

“You can’t escape me, Nightmare,” he said. “I’m taking you into custody, and you will answer for your crimes.”

“Lovely as that sounds, I actually had other plans for this afternoon.”

Is it too soon to love her? I'm developing a crush

“Adrian, actually.”

I cannot be the only one whose mind automatically goes to Adrian from Vampire Academy/the spin-off series. Tell me your with me, and he was hot too 😏

“I know, sweet, dangerous child. But you’re safe now. I’ll protect you.”

Giving me a bad vibe

“What are you making, Papà?”
He glanced over at her, and a shadow passed over his face, even as he smiled at her. “I’m not sure yet,” he said, his fingers tracing the delicate metalwork. “Something … something I hope will put to right some of the great injuries I’ve caused this world.”

Am I being delulu or is this important/foreshadowing?

"But then, seemingly overnight … hope. Bright and sparkling hope, dressed up in capes and masks. Beautiful and joyous hope, promising to solve all your problems, rain justice down upon your foes, and probably give a stern talking to a few jaywalkers along the way."

"It became the strong against the weak, and, as it turns out, the strong were usually jerks. Humanity loses faith in times like that. With no one to look up to, no one to believe in, we all became rats scrounging in the sewers. Maybe Ace really was a villain. Or maybe he was a visionary. Maybe there’s not much of a difference."

Gut punch 👊