Daily mercy quotes

Every day a line from the Montague Siblings trilogy about Monty and Percy, because we love them. Run by @em-gray.

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Hiatus until new mod

Hi y’all! I regret to have to do this, but as of today, mercyquotes is officially on hiatus. I’m currently in my last year of college and it’s taking up all my time and energy, so I need to make choices and I sadly have to put this blog to rest for the time being.

However, mod applications are still open! If you want to help out running this blog, do send me an ask or dm me at @em-gray. If I could split the work 50-50 with someone, I’m fairly confident I could get the blog running again.

Until then, shoutout to everyone who’s supported this blog so far! I hope to return soon and, in only a few weeks, happy Nobleman’s Guide release!

- Em

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“It’s even lovelier than before, because even more enchanting than the music is the way Percy looks when he’s playing. His eyes are closed, a soft smile on his face as he sways gently with the movement of his bow. If it feels his music had originally been meant for me, to draw me here, now it seems made for me, reaching into my soul and smoothing some of the jagged edges that never seem to stop digging into me. There’s so much care and gentleness woven into every note — and even though Percy couldn’t possibly know, it’s as though he’s taken every bad thing and made it better, if only in this moment.”

- don’t need a key (just let your love unlock it) by unremarkableworlds

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“The first thing that I knew was your touch. It was when you first began to sculpt, giving me shape and form. I had no eyes with which to see you nor ears with which to listen to you. But I knew your hands, steady and gentle and warm. I knew the care with which you created me.”

- pull me out of the stone by goldenthunderstorms

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“I put my heart and soul into the music, every memory I’ve got with Monty, everything he means to me—endless summers spent caught up in our imaginations, all the trouble we got into, every fight we’ve ever fought and surrendered in favor of our friendship. The color of his laugh, the spark in his eyes, how that spark dulled when he’d come bearing a new bruise or scrape. No. No more of that. I won’t let it. I pour everything into the music—the sadness, the frustration, the helplessness—but also all the joy he’s brought me, all the times he made me laugh, the tightness of his hugs, the unconditional love.”

- Lullabies to Love Songs by em_gray

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“I don’t want to burden him with this. I’d just drag him down to break with me. Or he’d try to put me back together and that almost scares me more than the breaking itself. I’m used to broken. What I’m not used to is the idea of being valuable enough to care enough to fix.”

- don’t need a key (just let your love unlock it) by unremarkableworlds

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“I come this close to apologizing, to making promises that I can’t keep, to bargaining for Monty’s life. But I can’t. I can’t find it in myself to apologize. Because I don’t feel any remorse for loving Monty, even after the strife that it has caused. I wouldn’t know what it’s like not to love him—what with his constant presence in my life and the way my love for him has consumed me over the years—and my deepest hope is to never find out.”

- not quite an epiphany by goldenthunderstorms

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“When his days got lonely and inspiration wasn’t coming to him, Monty would sketch. Somehow, he always ended up drawing Percy. Never fully, he couldn’t allow himself to recall him in full. The curve of his lip, the tilt of his brows. The way his arms flexed when he lifted anything, the way his fingers set when he played the violin.”

- The road not taken (Looks real good now) by Random2002

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“Do you think that would work? As in… would the bond let us?

Only one way to find out. Here, if you ever see a stunningly handsome guy, and think ‘That has to be my soulmate’ you say… Umm…

He chuckles. “Odd weather. I saw the stars fall out of the sky this morning.”

All right, you weirdo. Then I’ll reply with “Not odd at all. They just realized they couldn’t outshine me.””

- Star Crossed by em_gray 

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““Sorry,” I say. “But I still owed you a hug, darling.”

He frowns at me. I don’t stay to watch, instead I turn around and start steadily walking away. One foot in front of the other, on my way to nowhere important, with my school bag on my back and my phone in my pocket. Step after step after step while I can feel his eyes on the back of my head, while I can almost hear him do the math in his head. Step after step while I wait for him to realize–

He gasps.

“Wait!””

- unknown by em_gray

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"“You’re not a black hole… You’re the entire damn spectrum of colour Monty. I love you too,” Percy whispered fiercely.

What was Monty supposed to do, other than kiss him."

- The road not taken (Looks real good now) by Random2002

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“If I have—or ever had—a home, it’s Percy. It’s the way that his smile always puts me at ease and his touches anchor me to the ground. When I can’t even stand the sight of myself, I still want to see Percy.”

- kintsugi by goldenthunderstorms

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“Percy Newton. Ex-best friend and Ex-boyfriend all in one. Ex-Future, now in the past. A name he hadn’t let himself speak in a very long time."

- The road not taken (Looks real good now) by Random2002

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"Oh darling, I think, I would break you.

It’s true. If Percy didn’t break me with his rejection, then I would break him with my reciprocation. He’s just so soft and kind and breakable . Not that he’s fragile. Percy is strong in ways that I could never be. But I know his weak spots. If by some miracle, I spent my life with Percy, I would use those weak spots against him. If I had a life with Percy, I would turn old, sad, and mean. I would pick Percy apart with my own two hands and enjoy it because I had been broken long ago. And I know I could never do that to him. That’s why, aside from glaringly obvious reasons, I really never can tell Percy how I feel. He doesn’t deserve that. Percy deserves so much better than I could ever give him.”

- claire de lune by goldenthunderstorms

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““Tell me it again.”

“What?”

“You said—” Monty leaned in, so his mouth was hovered over the corner of Percy’s lips. “You said I could have anything of you. Tell me you love me again, please.”

Monty could feel the smile against his mouth. “I love you.” Then Percy kissed him, light and quick. “I love you, Monty. My darling. With all that I am, I love you.””

- he brought with him the summer by greener_pastures (MisPronounce_and_MisAccent)

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““You’re not straight?”

It takes Percy a few moments to remember how to speak. “Emphatically, no. I’m not exactly sure how you thought I was. Was slow dancing with you to Ricky Montgomery not a big enough clue in?”

“That was for practice . For society parties.”

“Love, I dipped you.””

- straight best friend by future_fae_king

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“God, Percy remembers last year’s pride. He remembers Monty, a bi flag draped around his shoulders, leaning in to tuck a little rainbow flag on a stick into Percy’s bun. He remembers jumping up and down to stupid top-forty songs, and the walk home, when both he and Monty were giggling and high off of the feeling of so much love in one place. But mostly, he remembers the skip of his heartbeat when Monty flung his arms around him and pressed a kiss to his cheek. It was only to avoid some creep, but for half a beat Percy hadn’t known that, and he’s been chasing that kind of joy ever since.”

- straight best friend by future_fae_king

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““I just want everyone to be happy, Perce.”

“Well… you’ve not done a terrible job of that.” He leans over and kisses the top of my head. I lean into it, closing my eyes. “You’ve made me very happy indeed.””

- The College Student’s Guide to Sex and Stage Plays by lady_flash and nottherealmontynewton