“The most famous haunted places in the world tend to be the big houses and castles, because rich people lived in them and the collective blood on their hands, the collective violence that they caused on everybody else in the world, manifests into ghosts. Ghosts are born from trauma and violence.”
― Tell Me I’m Worthless
― Tell Me I’m Worthless
“Okay is the preserve of the uninspired, Patchwork. I’d rather live and die at the extremes than exist in the middle.”
― All the Colors of the Dark
― All the Colors of the Dark
“Everyone loses their way at some point, and it’s not just because of their mistakes or the decisions they make. It’s because they’re horribly, wonderfully human. And the one thing I’ve learned about being human is that we can’t do this alone. When we’re lost, we need help to try to find our way again.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“Life is senseless, and on the off chance we find something that does make sense, we hold onto it as tightly as we can.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“At ten years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At thirteen he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you. When you loved.”
― All the Colors of the Dark
― All the Colors of the Dark
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