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"the horrifically sensual scene of the preacher dropping his rosary and the worshippers lunging for the beads…….did Wilde read this" — Oct 17, 2026 09:20PM
"the horrifically sensual scene of the preacher dropping his rosary and the worshippers lunging for the beads…….did Wilde read this" — Oct 17, 2026 09:20PM
Miles thought of the word she’d had on the small of her back: hiraeth. She’d said it was a Welsh word that meant homesickness for a home you can never return to or that never was.
“But that is how a tragedy like ours or King Lear breaks your heart—by making you believe that the ending might still be happy, until the very last minute.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“What a great time to be alive if you love the theater of the absurd!”
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“People think anger is an edge, but anger is a weakness that poisons you and the environment around you.”
― Room to Dream
― Room to Dream
“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“You can tell all the stories you want, but you still haven’t gotten across what the experience was like. It’s like telling somebody a dream. It doesn’t give them the dream. So”
― Room to Dream
― Room to Dream
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