Love was putting up with someone for fifty years so you’d have someone to bury you when you died. I would know; my family was in the business of death.
“Love was putting up with someone for fifty years so you’d have someone to bury you when you died. I would know; my family was in the business of death.”
― The Dead Romantics
― The Dead Romantics
“There’s nothing like the sound of the sky rattling your bones, you know?” he once told me when I asked why he loved thunderstorms so much. “Makes you feel alive. Reminds you that there’s more to you than just skin and blood, but bones underneath. Stronger stuff. Just listen to that sky sing, buttercup.”
― The Dead Romantics
― The Dead Romantics
“A podcaster has decided to ruin my life, so I’m buying a chicken.”
― Listen for the Lie
― Listen for the Lie
“Love is a celebration,’ ” I read, my voice wobbling, “ ‘of life and death. It stays with you. It lingers, my darlings, long after I’m gone. Listen for me when the wind rushes through the trees. I love you.’ ”
― The Dead Romantics
― The Dead Romantics
“You’re a musician. How can you have no sense of timekeeping?” “You are a larger instrument than a flute.” “I bet you say that to all the girls.”
― The Ministry of Time
― The Ministry of Time
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