“It was in my flaws, I found a much deeper truth and it is from them, I bloom ..a black rose.”
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“Phantom
Your heart must be a ghost.
I can feel it mounting; a dark wave -
upon the night of my soul”
― Ophelia Wears Black
Your heart must be a ghost.
I can feel it mounting; a dark wave -
upon the night of my soul”
― Ophelia Wears Black
“I am; ravaged, but spirited. Damaged, but still deserving.”
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“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― The Gunslinger
I aim with my eye.
I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.
I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― The Gunslinger
“My heart is a cathedral. Widows, ghosts and lovers sit and sing in the dark, arched marrow of me.”
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