Karin Cox > Quotes

“Life has taught me that men fear evil more than they aspire to do good.”
― Karin Cox, Creche

“It was all witches and pitchforks. God or the devil.”
― Karin Cox , Cruxim

“It is not death I fear: it is eternity in a cage.”
― Karin Cox, Cruxim

“I forgave you your sins,
I moved along,
filled whole bins
with your sweet words.

Made another me,
got another place,
but when I found your photograph
I still touched your face.”
― Karin Cox, Growth

“Silences speak the loudest in a conversation between a man and a woman.”
― Karin Cox, Cruxim

“You knew the value,
the currency and weight,
of that small word you used—
yet used too late.”
― Karin Cox, Growth

“A stranger
I walk among you,
translucent as a spirit,
dead as the Dreaming.”
― Karin Cox, Growth

“Smile, because it’s easier than killing.”
― Karin Cox, Growth

“There is nothing more stupid than arguing with stupidity.”
― Karin Cox, Cruxim

“I have warned you before
not to lick your knife.”
― Karin Cox, Growth

“Sometimes I can no longer hear
its wings beating
in the collapsed cage of my mind.
Today, I hear its teasing, subtle coo.”
― Karin Cox, Growth