#snowbaz quotes

[yoursecho]

It doesn't get more snowbaz than this.

[courtfeyrhys]

What a ridiculous creature. Happy that I put butter on his sandwich. As if I wouldn't make the world spin backwards if I thought he'd like it better that way.

Rainbow Rowell, Any Way the Wind Blows.

[letraspal]

“I tighten my arm around him. I get my wing around him, too. I like having four arms to hold him.”

— From chapter 20, Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell.

DAY 1 | Creature | @carryon-countdown

[artsyunderstudy]

"Look at me."

Illustration from Chapter 3 of Someone Wicked

[quotes-and-recs]

"You can't observe a soul." "You can over time."

-Baz & Simon, Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

[paper-beats-writers-block]

my main takeaway from the Simon Snow series

You Are Not Broken.

Simon grew up in care with no one that really cared about him. No one coddled him, no one fussed over him when he didn't feel well, and he felt like the most insignificant nobody in all of England.

And then this cool guy that has a sword and can do magic (whoa!) sweeps in and tells him that he's the most important and powerful somebody to ever exist and sweeps his entire world out from under him.

When we get his POVs, the mage spends the entire book telling us he has to fix Simon. That Simon is broken because he can't harness his power (which I did a tiny essay on here if you're interested). That Simon is so broken and shattered that he is unfixable.

From a boy with nothing to "Let the greatest power of powers reign, and may it save us all" and then back to a boy with nothing. His magic was what connected him to that beautiful world of worthiness and just as quickly as he was whisked into it, he was cast out. After being told by his mentor that he was unfixably broken.

That's... devastating.

and even more devastatingly, he believed it.

He believed it so much that started self-sabotaging every other good thing in his life because one horrible manipulative person told him he was broken.

and he believed it for over a year.

Which is why Simon and Baz meeting Lady Salisbury was so important.

She had a son who barely had any magic. And even though he didn't have magic, he didn't have that crucial connection to his mother's world that was coveted above everything else, she loved him anyway. She loves him so so much. and then, her son with some magic became her son with no magic at all. And she still cried with joy over his return when he came back to her.

Because love doesn't care about a silly thing like magic. Love is the greater magic, and it always is, and always will be.

He didn't have any magic to give, because he gave it all away. But he had love. He has more love in him than any other character in that series, except for maybe Ruth. He loves his school. He loves his friends. He loves his world of mages, even if it hurts too much to be a big part of it. He loves his mentor, and the silly goats that everyone overlooked, and even his evil, scorned roommate. Maybe the scorned roommate most of all. Simon never had a shortage of love to give.

And meeting Ruth and his real family was finally able to prove to him that the love he held close and carried around his whole life was finally enough. Better yet, it had always been enough, even though he was the last to see it.

Your love is enough. The love and goodness you put out into this world is enough. And you are worthy of love in return. Always. No exceptions. You are not broken. You are human, and humans are immovable and unshatterable. Your love is your magic, and you are worthy.

This post is for you. Never let them tell you you're not magic.

[fics-and-quotes-andthelike]

Basilton Grimm-Pitch: Simon, I beg of you. Please, PLEASE go to the doctor.

Simon Snow: Hey, I'm sorry. Is this OUR stab wound?

[justanotherhamiltrash]

Baz: I wish people would stop asking me if I'm a vampire. Obviously not. I have blood.

Simon: But is it your blood?

Baz: It is blood, yes.

[whenpeisleeps]

He’s holding on to my face, expecting me to stay alive just because he’s told me to—because he’s Simon bloody Snow, and he gets whatever he wants if he growls loud enough.

I think I might kiss him before I send him flying.

(Can I get him away from me without breaking any of his bones? What spell will keep him away, so he doesn’t come running back into the fire?)

I think I might kiss him. He’s right here. And his lips are hanging open (mouth breather) and his eyes are alive, alive, alive.

You’re so alive, Simon Snow.

You got my share of it.

He shakes his head, and he’s saying something, and I think I might kiss him.

Because I’ve never kissed anyone before. (I was afraid I might bite.) And I’ve never wanted to kiss anyone but him. (I won’t bite. I won’t hurt him.)

I just want to kiss him, then go.

“Simon…,” I say.

And then he kisses me.

[delilahs-artz]

I’d give him all that I am. I’d give him all that I was. I’d open up a vein.

I’d tie our hearts together, chamber by chamber.

- Wayward son, pg 223

[clockworkbee]

—Baz Pitch, from Carry On

[yoursecho]

THIS LINE-

"All I really know is that nothing I've experienced so far compares to you. Maybe that makes me gay . . . or maybe that just makes me yours."

-Simon Snow, Any way the wind blows

Guys this line is so underrated but it's my favorite one from the whole book. I literally had to stop and breathe a minute after I read it.

[twinkle-twinkle-up-above]

Carry On Countdown 2023 Day 2: Confession

Baz rubs her back and lets her cry into his shirt. I love him so much, and I want to tell him so. But I've never managed to say it, and now is definitely not the time.

(Simon didn't quite manage to confess here, but I think it still counts because it's the first time he tells us he loves Baz.)

@carryon-countdown

[letraspal]

“Baz’s eyes are usually the kind of grey that happen when you mix dark blue and dark green together. Deep-water grey.”

“There’s nothing remarkable about Snow’s eyes. They’re a standard size and shape. A little pouchy. And his eyelashes are stubby and dark brown. His eyes aren’t even a remarkable colour. Just blue.”

[artsyunderstudy]

If I relax my eyes, our pinkies touch.

Only Creatures by @emeryhall

[smote-by-this-quote]

You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.'

Carry On, by Rainbow Rowell