

“The first of the tea ships, the Dartmouth,”
― Johnny Tremain
― Johnny Tremain

“In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles

“Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas.”
― Something Rotten
― Something Rotten

“And when they spy on us let them discover us loving”
― Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
― Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart

“Who are you, Eve? I missed everything. I missed you.
I miss you.
I refuse to know or see you. And this in some ways was the most destructive and punishing deprivation. Isn't that all any of us crave, really? To be known? To be given shape and form by being recognized and cherished? For how else can we trust that we are even here? And perhaps that is why I became so extreme. Because I was invisible to myself, because I had been erased, I had needed to find ways to experience my existence and feel my impact on others. For what is violence but energy given substance in force?”
― The Apology
I miss you.
I refuse to know or see you. And this in some ways was the most destructive and punishing deprivation. Isn't that all any of us crave, really? To be known? To be given shape and form by being recognized and cherished? For how else can we trust that we are even here? And perhaps that is why I became so extreme. Because I was invisible to myself, because I had been erased, I had needed to find ways to experience my existence and feel my impact on others. For what is violence but energy given substance in force?”
― The Apology
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