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“ it was a remarkable thing, Marianne thought, to deliver someone to her purpose, especially if that purpose was not quite what you intended, or even believed in.”

so spooky

“the cards are stacked (quite properly, i imagine) against all professional aesthetes, and no doubt we all deserve the dark, wordy, academic deaths we all sooner or later die.”

“i’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”

“what kind of life is it to plan/and do, to promise and finish, to wish/for the bear and the safe? yes, by the/heavens, if i wanted a boat i would want/a boat i couldn’t steer.”

it’s spoooooky season bitches

okay i’m intrigued lol

“It’s like I’m experiencing the whole night twice over, two versions of the same film reel playing slightly overlapped.”

“I want to shuffle up to an old off-white fridge covered in hideous magnets from Gatlinburg and Kings Island and the Beach Waterpark…” yeah Emily Henry is definitely from southern Ohio 🤣

“I don’t want to go to Australia only to spend all day in a classroom, and I don’t want to rack up thousands more in debt just to have an Academic Experience in Berlin. For me, traveling is about wandering, meeting people you don’t expect, doing things you’ve never done.”

LOVING THIS SO FAR

tbh i can’t decide if i like this or not lol

“every metamorphosis is violent, even disgusting. that’s why you have to hide while it’s happening.”

wow first and probably only time i have the same birthday as a main character, big win

this book is so not what i was expecting and i love that. i’m addicted

the writing and characterization is so bland like what 😃

finally got my hands on this book from the library after like 3 months 🥲

i’m so freaking excited for this book omg

I AM LITERALLY SCREAMING THIS BOOK IS SO PERFECT HOW DID I WAIT SO LONG TO READ THIS!!!!!

“many koreans had been sent to hiroshima and nagasaki against their will became victims of the bombings. they suffered, without even a record of their names. because they were korean, they were unable to received treatment. .....at least 100,000 of the 740,000 victims were koreans, with 50,000 losing their lives in the blasts.”

“she shook her head from side to side, resigned to her rebellious brain. why was there nothing it refused? no misery, no regret, no hateful picture too rotten to accept? like a greedy child it snatch up everything. just once, could it say, no thank you? i just ate and can’t hold another bite?”

All these folks I’ve never met became gods over my life. Now I gotta take the power back.

the very um....proper way this is written is kind of weird tbh lol. i looked at the author’s profile and checked that yes, she currently lives in london. that checks out, lol. the writing is just making this v hard to get into

i’m sooo excited 🥺 this is so good so far

UGHHH THE ANGST. I LOVE IT.

so far this one is soooo good 😭🥺