Tomeward Bound

"I sat and minded my work, and was quiet, and not at all unhappy." — Charlotte Brontë, "Villette"

[atesan]

I read the book. The book is good.

THE RESIDENCE 1x08 - The Mystery of the Yellow Room

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"Going through hell and painting pink nail polish over it."

— Casey McQuiston, "I Kissed Shara Wheeler"

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"She feels like the spine of a book about to crack open and spill out all the love story guts." — Casey McQuiston, "I Kissed Shara Wheeler"

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"'I love you so much it sucks.'"

— Rachel Reid, "The Long Game"

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"I suppose a guilty heart perceives blame even when it isn't warranted."

— Mia Sosa, "The Wedding Crasher"

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"Latinx mothers have superhuman hearing that can detect both gossip and children behaving badly at vast distances and beyond concrete walls." — Mia Sosa, "The Wedding Crasher"

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"Oh, to be a sunbeam. To have the privilege of sliding down the slope of her flawless copper skin." — Yamile Saied Méndez, "Twice a Quinceañera"

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"Talking was easy; saying something useful was the tricky part."

— Rachel Reid, "Time to Shine"

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"There was hunger, but it didn't feel like desperation. It felt like reverence."

— Rachel Reid, "The Shots You Take"

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"Maybe keeping how he felt about Ilya a secret was more draining than facing the backlash."

— Rachel Reid, "The Long Game"

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"'We are very good at pretending to not be in love. Maybe we are bad at showing it when we are allowed.'"

— Rachel Reid, "The Long Game"

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"'I like making mistakes with you.'" — Rachel Reid, "The Long Game"

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"Friends sometimes turned out to be monsters."

— Rachel Reid, "Role Model"

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"His own little rainbow heart fluttered in his chest."

— Rachel Reid, "Role Model"

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"'Bread is my weakness.'"

— Rachel Reid, "Common Goal"

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"He loved looking at books, holding them. He missed the smell of paper."

— Rachel Reid, "Common Goal"

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"Thank god for books."

— Rachel Reid, "Tough Guy"