The Baron

“Whatever the fuck might you be talking about, Carolyn dear?”
― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char

“Away with friendship! 'tis a cold unfeeling word. My bosom burns with love, with unutterable love, and love must be its return.”
― Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk

“Are you a Buddhist?"
"No, I'm an asshole. But I keep trying.”
― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char

“Normal men, she understood for the first time, burn surprisingly fast. In less than a minute, he was dead. Therein, perhaps, we find God’s mercy. Beyond that, the outer darkness.”
― Scott Hawkins, The Library at Mount Char