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"I can tell there's going to be lots of highlights. I already have too many thoughts.
"My own father watches with envy. His wife is stupid and his son too slow to race in even the youngest group. He turns to me. ‘That is what a son should be." This type of parent.
"At her temple a starburst of white gleams like bone, the scar from the time her father hit her with the hilt of a sword." Another type of abusive parent" — Aug 03, 2026 03:31PM
"I can tell there's going to be lots of highlights. I already have too many thoughts.
"My own father watches with envy. His wife is stupid and his son too slow to race in even the youngest group. He turns to me. ‘That is what a son should be." This type of parent.
"At her temple a starburst of white gleams like bone, the scar from the time her father hit her with the hilt of a sword." Another type of abusive parent" — Aug 03, 2026 03:31PM
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"Classic Bateman maskin: preening, returning videos and killing.
"...head to the video store where I return two tapes I rented on Monday, She-Male Reformatory and Body Double, but I rerent Body Double because I want to watch it again tonight even though I know I won’t have enough time to masturbate over the scene where the woman is getting drilled to death by a power drill since I have a date with Courtney..."" — Jul 29, 2026 11:08AM
"Classic Bateman maskin: preening, returning videos and killing.
"...head to the video store where I return two tapes I rented on Monday, She-Male Reformatory and Body Double, but I rerent Body Double because I want to watch it again tonight even though I know I won’t have enough time to masturbate over the scene where the woman is getting drilled to death by a power drill since I have a date with Courtney..."" — Jul 29, 2026 11:08AM
I shiver slightly at the way he says my name and then slide into the back seat, Rathyn following closely. Our legs bump, and his tail unwinds from around his leg and curls around my calf. Rolling my lips between my teeth as the car speeds
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“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
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“Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result”
― Becoming
― Becoming
“The woman was down for kinky sex, knew how I liked my coffee, and was more than willing to aid in the murder of a rapist. What had I done to get so lucky?”
― Lights Out
― Lights Out
“Amongst my growing list of flaws is cowardice,” Pestilence says in the darkness. “I come to you now like a thief in the night, for I fear you’ll never listen to me under the light of day,” his voice is whisper soft, “and I must confess all the things in my heart.”
― Pestilence
― Pestilence
“If you ran, Gianna . . .” The words were malicious yet somehow as soft and desperate as sex in a war-torn field. He pressed his lips to my ear. “I would find you.”
― The Maddest Obsession
― The Maddest Obsession
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