i absolutely loved this book; my body, my limbs, and my soul ache with it

"you gave me your heart, marya antonova, and i will keep it safe until my dying day. i'll keep it safe and in return, you'll have my heart forever until someone cuts it out of my fucking chest."

no shit but i expected dimitri to be so douchebag-ish yk typical superior snob boy BUT NO i loved the way he surrenders to masha and did not argue WHEN I READ HIS LINES I IMAGINE IT TO BE SOFT SPOKEN WITH HIS EYES SO COMFORTING

"together, we could be everything."

his weakness, his achilles' heel is masha just as hers is dima. i want a love like theirs- the kind that would burn the world.