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“I busted my ass during undergrad … and a new internship every semester… I thought it would be easy to find a full-time position ... But after dozens of flat-out ignored applications, zero call-backs after interviews, and endless we’ll be in touch lies, I’m still unemployed.
… I’ve been applying for positions for months now... Joke’s on me, because here I am with no job...”

Ngl I'm underwhelmed :(

“What would you like me to call you, Songbird? My pet?”
“Livia.” My name sliced between my teeth, jagged and harsh. I clenched my fists. “I would have you call me Livia Ferus, daughter of Valen and Elise, blood of the Night Folk fae. Blood that is not yours to win like some treasure.”
“Ah, but you might be my greatest treasure.”

“Mind’s a powerful thing, dearie. Don’t you go feeling no shame, but don’t you forget you own that mind of yours, it’s not to own you...”

“Now, sleep, scream, beg, I care little, but accept that you’re mine, and you always were.”

Ummm 🤨
Half of that is a nay and half is a yay
I’m conflicted

“… he whispered, “You will be a pleasure to break.”

😏

"Is my dad ok?"
"He just has quit the scare that's all"
"I get scared too sometimes."
"This is a different kind of scared. Some people feel their feelings differently than others. This was a big feeling today."
"But he's ok?"
"He is. He just needs us to be quiet for a while. Can you do that?"
"It's ok, Pops. I can be big for you sometimes if you need it. I don't mind."

Cutie patootie

"You don't look so hot."
"I'm always hot."

😭

How dare you break my heart like this?

Wait... WAIT.... WWWHHHHHAAAAATTTTT

Does that mean....????

"I always lie to myself though. If you lie to yourself enough, you forget the truth and then your lie becomes your reality."

"Am I even alive if I'm not living?"

Gut punch 👊

I'm so confused but also so invested 🤣

ngl it's losing me a bit

"You seriously dog-ear your books?"
"What kind of Neanderthal does not use a bookmark?"

"AND you wrote in the margins?!"

“Sometimes the thing we want most in the world is the thing we're most afraid of. And the thing we're most afraid of is often the thing we most want.”

"... it's never too late."
"Ah, but I'm too scared."

🥺

"For anyone who's emotions feel too big...." ❤️‍🩹

“I am strong.”
Theodore closed his eyes and leaned his jaw against her temple, savoring the moment, when his pride in her felt like it might burn him to ash. “Yes,” he murmured. “Yes, you are. By all the gods, Margot, you are astonishing.”

When he’s obsessed with her and is her biggest support 🫠

“Delilah’s smile was untroubled. “Of course. You don’t think I know that?” She skimmed her knuckles over the swell of Theodore’s cheek as she passed. “I know everything, sweetheart.”

Creepy

🥵

I'm in a 'one more chapter' loop, which matches the book but is bad for me

"Face Your Fears, My Dears"

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

"It's good to have my kids back." 🤧

“I’m a Goode through and through. My name is all that I am.”
He used his grip on her hair to pull her head back, forcing her to meet his gaze when he bit out, “That is not all you are. You are my everything. You are my world. Do you understand that?”

“If you want me on my knees, darling, I’m already there.”