“Miserable people are fond of laying blame on someone else for their problems. Sometimes they’re right but usually not. Usually, the responsible party is themselves. Or nobody. Sometimes things just aren’t good, and that’s all there is to it.”
― Operation Bounce House
― Operation Bounce House
“Reward: You’ve received a cassette copy of Dio’s 1983 masterpiece debut, Holy Diver along with a Celestial Heavy Metal Box.”
― This Inevitable Ruin
― This Inevitable Ruin
“All these past selves laid to waste, cut down by time and circumstance and choices made. He didn’t know who he was in this moment, what was left.”
― Coffin Moon
― Coffin Moon
“A man just waiting for someone to do or say the wrong thing so that he might luxuriate in that wrongness, and reward it with fury.”
― Coffin Moon
― Coffin Moon
“Donut: SHE DOESN’T EVEN USE A LITTERBOX, CARL. IT’S HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS.”
― The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
― The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
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