In Wonder, Always.

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“You have to live each hour as if it’s your last,” she said, “and each day as if you were immortal.” — The Viscount Who Loved Me

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“To be proven wrong was the most exquisite pleasure imaginable.” — Romancing Mr. Bridgerton

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“No matter how we choose to live, we both die at the end.” —They Both Die at the End

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“The gods are just and cruel, beloved and feared. Ligeia insists that the gods are so merciless because they love us, that they only want us to better ourselves. I believe that it’s because the gods are envious of us. They will never understand the beauty of watching the day pass and knowing that it could perhaps be your last. They will never experience the bitter taste of fear as it floods your senses, or the sometimes bittersweet ache of pain.” — Daughter of Sparta

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“Celaena hit the landing, ran for the tomb door, and prayed to gods whose names she’d forgotten, but who she hoped had not yet forgotten her.” — Throne of Glass

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“He wanted to do it, to feel something break that wasn’t his own heart.” — Realm Breaker

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“Fear strips that away. It’s the great equalizer. And when you’re truly scared, there’s no where to hide— no private school, no popularity, no trust fund. It’s just you and your most base emotion. Fear is where the truth lies.” — The Mary Shelley Club

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“One day you’ll call me Death. For now, Wrath will do.”

—Kingdom of the Wicked

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“Did I rush in?” she asks, and I take a deep breath before shaking my head. “No. No, for the first time since I met you, I think you might have had perfect timing.”

— Her Royal Highness

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“He pulled gently on her lower lip. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦.

He moved his mouth to the soft spot under her jaw. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑡.

He kissed the hollow of her neck. 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

Her breathing was growing heavy, and every time his lips brushed against a new patch of skin, she shivered.

He lowered his mouth to her ear. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

It wasn’t enough. He wanted her to hear him say it. He wanted to hear himself say it.”

—Day 21

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ℐ 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊, ℒℴ𝓊." ℋ𝒾𝓈 ℯ𝓎ℯ𝓈 𝓌ℯ𝓁𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉ℯ𝒶𝓇𝓈. "ℐ-ℐ'𝓋ℯ 𝓃ℯ𝓋ℯ𝓇 𝓈ℯℯ𝓃 𝒶𝓃𝓎ℴ𝓃ℯ 𝓈𝒶𝓋ℴ𝓇 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓎ℴ𝓊 𝒹ℴ 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝒴ℴ𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓀ℯ 𝓂ℯ 𝒻ℯℯ𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓋ℯ. 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷ℯ𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒾𝓃 𝓎ℴ𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝓇ℯ𝓈ℯ𝓃𝒸ℯ- 𝒾𝓉'𝓈 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ. 𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ."

— Serpent and Dove

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“A hope they would never see, would never feel, would never touch. As elusive as smoke. As flickering flames.”

— Serpent and Dove

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“When illusions disappear, only the truth remains.”

— A Winter’s Promise

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“

“Alina—“ he began.

I grabbed the lapels of his coat, tears filling my eyes. “Don’t tell me this is all happening for a reason,” I said fiercely. “Or that it’s going to be okay. Don’t tell me you’re ready to die.”

We stood in the tall grass, wind singing through the reeds. He met my gaze, his blue eyes steady. “It’s not going to be okay.” He brushed the hair back from my cheeks and cupped my face in his rough hands. “None of this is happening for a reason.” He skimmed his lips over mine. “And Saints help me, Alina, I want to live forever.”

He kissed me again, and this time, he didn’t stop— not until my cheeks were flushed and my heart was racing, not until I could barely remember my own name, let alone anyone else’s, not until we heard Harshaw singing, and Tolya grumbling, and Zoya cheerfully promising to murder us all.

”

— Ruin and Rising

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“She’d dipped her fingers into its current, held the eddy of its power in her hand. She was the Queen of Mourning, and in its depths, she would never drown.” — Crooked Kingdom

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“Then he stretched his arm out in front of him and pressed his hand down, leaving a bloody handprint to show he was here. He’d tried. God, he’d tried to make it. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.”

— What Goes Up

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“

“So our interactions 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. They 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 things. They actually 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦.”

“That’s what life 𝘪𝘴,” Reg said softly. “Empty space and how we fill it”

”

—What Goes Up