“She must feel like Lucifer’s frigid breath is running down the back of her delicate neck.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“His empty hands hanging palms forward at his sides, he stood at the window looking to the empty east. He did not look for dawn; east was only the way the window faced.”
― The Silence of the Lambs
― The Silence of the Lambs
“We’re not very good at peace, not really. War is in our nature,’ he said.
‘Men’s nature,’ she corrected.”
― When the children come
‘Men’s nature,’ she corrected.”
― When the children come
“Perhaps you couldn't help being angry... but you could certainly stop yourself from repaying one offense with another.”
― Ella Enchanted
― Ella Enchanted
“I was alone. I had no one. No mother, no father, no brothers, no sisters, no grandmas, no grandpas, no uncles, no aunties, no cousins, and no tribe. I’d seen the children at the orphanage laugh or cry when they received news about a family member. I would never receive such news and no family would laugh or cry for me. That day I understood with sharp clarity that I didn’t have a mother who wanted me.”
― Africa's Child
― Africa's Child
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