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Macabre
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Violet nightshade
Meaning: Fascination, witchcraft
Solanum brownii | New South Wales
A member of the nightshade family, often toxic. Commonly associated with death and ghosts in folklore. Latin name comes from 'solamen' meaning to quieten or comfort, and refers to the narcotic properties of some species. Used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths.
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― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
― The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
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― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Where we can get together and talk about a variety of spooky books and other topics.
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