“Maybe thats why he did heroin, because his dreams were too big.”
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
“We both laughed. We couldn't stop laughing. I mean we were really laughing. And I got to thinking that the whole thing really wasn't that funny, but we were laughing because there was all these feelings inside us and we didn't always know what to do with all the feelings that were like knots that needed to be untied, so sometimes we just, well, we laughed. That's how we untied the knots.”
― Last Night I Sang to the Monster
― Last Night I Sang to the Monster
“I was looking for a miracle, but I got a story instead, and sometimes those are the same thing.”
― All the Crooked Saints
― All the Crooked Saints
“I wanted to make her forget. I thought that a guy's kisses could make a girl forget all the bad stuff. Sixteen year old boys don't know shit. How could a tongue down a girl's throat make her forget?”
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
“Hate could make the wings strong too.”
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
― Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
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