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“I am the first Lost boy.
And I learned a long time ago:
If you wear wonder like a weapon,
the world won't notice when it wounds.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
And I learned a long time ago:
If you wear wonder like a weapon,
the world won't notice when it wounds.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“Do you know what it means to shine for the dying? To bottle your own guilt and call it salvation? I was never the hero. I was the bait.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“We were gods once
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“We were gods once
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
or maybe monsters
It's hard to tell
when your halo is just
a noose turned sideways”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“I wasn't always cruel. I wanted love once.
I followed him like a secret—clinging to his shadow, fighting for the scraps of his grin.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
I followed him like a secret—clinging to his shadow, fighting for the scraps of his grin.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“Do you know what it means to shine for the dying? To bottle your own guilt and call it salvation? I was never the hero. I was the bait.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“You took the part of him
that still believed
in something more than pain—
and dressed it up in pixie dust
so you could pretend
you gave him peace.
You don't get to twist that into legend.
You don't get to wrap your hunger
in fairy dust and dusk
and call it rescue.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
that still believed
in something more than pain—
and dressed it up in pixie dust
so you could pretend
you gave him peace.
You don't get to twist that into legend.
You don't get to wrap your hunger
in fairy dust and dusk
and call it rescue.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
“One day, you will feel what it means to miss someone
so hard you unravel. To feel them in places that never felt haunted before. I hope it haunts you the way it haunts me.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse
so hard you unravel. To feel them in places that never felt haunted before. I hope it haunts you the way it haunts me.”
― Venom In Velvet: A Dark Fantasy Novel-in-Verse










