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“and the terrible ears: the nose too short, the ears too brief.”

i saw the nona elephant theory a couple weeks ago and was like haha yeah but now rereading?????? talking about how two legs is too few, the word trunk used to describe her, hating having hands and fingers??? what does it mean what does it all mean

“Camilla and Palamedes were loved by Nona,” said Paul. “Pyrrha was loved by Nona. It’s finished, it’s done. You can’t take loved away. We loved you too. Palamedes and Camilla loved you.”

a paragraph so devastating that it made me puke the first time i read it. it will probably never fail to make me cry

i have time to process the tower so im putting it here: tower in the river, coming up from the stoma/hell, probably where john stashed the 10 billion souls that died when the earth did, also the source of the devils who are probably the revenants of the 10 bil, BIG guess that the tower leads into the bottom of canaan house and was blasted open in gtn

“It was in Kiriona’s every movement—the bright, swift flexions of her arms, and the way she swung her legs, big and brash, and the weirdly easy, light grace with which she moved her dead body.

Nona had never seen anyone so sad in her whole short life. It made her nearly afraid to die.”

getting gideoned again (try not to cry edition) 😭🔫

“Look at me like you’ve worked out how to kill me,” and then, “More eyebrows,” and then, “Good God, perfect. Do you know, I miss Harrow terribly.”

🤪😭 ITS ALL PAINFULLY REAL 😭😀

“What are Pyrrha’s nicknames for you?”
“Kiddie,” said Nona immediately. “Junior. Small Fry. Cutie Pie. Li’l Bits. Small Cam. Hairy Maclary.”
“Keep going.”
“Nums. No-No. Nope. None. Sweet Nons. Nona-Palona. The Big No.”
“She should be arrested,” murmured Camilla.

sometimes a found family is four people in three bodies that weren’t originally their own

The Saddest Girl in the Whole Entire World is staring at me and im not fucking ready for it again but here we go 😭

“They let me in to see the body, and I realised who I was dealing with and how big this was. Because I wasn’t dealing with a group. I was dealing with a fucking nation. I was dealing with a huge political conspiracy.”

end of the world timeline: be given necromancy by the earth - start livestreaming - create bone wall out of cows - weekend at bernie’s the united states president

Clack. “I cannot bear the though of using you.”
Pause. “Love and freedom don’t coexist, Warden.”
Clack. “This is all there is to love? Simply by being in your life, I have added indelibly to its weight?”
Pause. “Yes.”
Clack. “Camilla, I mean it.”
Pause. “I meant it too. You used to say it to me.”
“We are one flesh.” Clack.
“I am your end.”

cool 😭

“with zombies here, sir, I’m not going to bother with school anymore. There’ll be a war. I’ve got to deal full-team.”
“Then you better attend maths lessons, at least,” said the Angel drily. “I’ve seen your multiplication, Honesty. You’re going to get stiffed.”