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"I sit with my grief. I mother it. I hold its small, hot hand. I don’t say, shhh. I don’t say, it is okay. I wait until it is done having feelings. Then we stand and we go wash the dishes. We crack open bedroom doors, step over the creaks, and kiss the children. We are sore from this grief, like we’ve returned from a run, like we are training for a marathon. I’m with you all the way, says my grief, whispering, and then we splash our face with water and stretch, one big shadow and one small."

— Callista Buchen, Taking Care

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“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”

— Vivian Greene

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Dragon-like

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a forever has passed and Viktoria is unleashed vv

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Aelin saw Lunathion

So I’m currently reading House of Earth and Blood by SJM, and me and my friend were talking about the book. She then casually points out to me that Aelin actually saw Lunathion when she was falling between worlds. So, of course, I had to double check Kingdom of Ash again and low and behold: “She passed through a world where a great city had been built along the curve of a river, the buildings impossibly tall and glimmering with lights.“

I’m dead.

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Cardan and Jude card

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I think this piece rounds off my Wicked King recovery nicely. There is so much juxtaposition in the sequel compared to the Cruel Prince, and this one was the most literal.

Cardan on puppet strings is a very common motif among his fanart - but Holly LITERALLY made Jude a puppet on strings in the sequel that the comparison had to be made! The fact that they were both tied down due to polarizing forces offered us readers what will be the most excruciating catch-22 of 2019. (I found it hilarious Jude being so self conscious about her dress for Taryn’s wedding - I made it suuuuuper low cut)

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Tbh, my type these days is just a broken, dark haired boy with pretty eyes. Yes, I think it’s your fault Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Maas, Rick Riordan and Holly Black.

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Smol tomato

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Smol Praying Mantis

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“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

— Neil Gaiman

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