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“What’s painful and wonderful about loving somebody is loving their small things, like the way he is able to smile when he sips his wine, the way his hands fall down at his sides, fingers slightly cupped, or the way he is conducting the orchestra on the radio. Or now, the way he is lighting candles, just now this one in front of me. This is the one he lit first, actually. The one in front of me. Even though there was one on the way, he passed that one, lit it next.”
― Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking: True Stories

“Sooner or later even the stoutest coffin must collapse and let in life to feed on death.”
― Stephen King, Full Dark, No Stars

“Anger and resentment can stop you in your tracks. That's what I know now. It needs nothing to burn but the air and the life that it swallows and smothers. It's real, though - the fury, even when it isn't. It can change you... turn you... mold you and shape you into
something you're not. The only upside to anger, then... is the person you become. Hopefully someone that wakes up one day and realizes they're not afraid to take the journey, someone that knows that the truth is, at best, a partially told story. That anger, like growth, comes in spurts and fits, and in its wake, leaves a new chance at acceptance, and the promise of calm. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.”
― Mike Binder

“You didn't think you were marrying a gentleman, did you?" he asked as his hand reached forward to caress her nipples.

"Of course not. What fun would that be?”
― H.S. Howe, Willfully Wanton