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You were suspicious of their feelings because you had no reason to love yourself—not your body, not your mind. You rejected so much gentleness. What were you looking for?
“She should not wear a white garment ever again. At least a dark linen will better hide the blood she sees dripping from her hands, soaking the hem of her dress, and pooling on the floor around her feet.”
― Lady Macbeth
― Lady Macbeth
“But maybe it is about finding someone whose heart is like a mirror, whose love can make you stand the sight of yourself.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
“Hades, all the fine suits in the world won't change the fact that you stink of death.”
― Lore Olympus: Volume One
― Lore Olympus: Volume One
“You warned me that knowing your secret would destroy us. At first, it sat in our marriage like a blue- lipped ghost, hardly noticeable until a trick of the light drew it into focus. But you could always tell the days when it gnawed at my thoughts. You tried to comfort me. You stroked my face and curled my fingers to your heart. You said: “If you pry, you’ll destroy our marriage.” But oh, my love, you lied.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
“In fairy tales, a kiss marks a threshold—between the state of being cursed or cured lies a kiss. But not all kisses cure; some kill. Thresholds go both ways, after all. I wasn’t thinking about this when Indigo drew me to her beneath the chandeliers of her Paris hotel. At the time, I wished only to trap her laughter under glass. I could not hear, back then, how uncannily triumphant the sound was.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
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