In the name of stability and security, they condemn only the violence that challenges the status quo, never the violence that perpetuates it.
“I could rationalize this decision away. It was easy, too easy. She was a lost soul who sought help and I gave it; thus was my vocation. I could repeat that sentence like a litany, like a prayer, a meditation of pious deceit, but it still would not change the truth. I was giving in to temptation. Every decision I made that kept me close to her, that offered the opportunity to be close enough to touch her hand or smell her hair, was a sin.
I wanted it all the same.”
― The Hacienda
I wanted it all the same.”
― The Hacienda
“I loved him very much—more than I could trust myself to say—more than words had power to express.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
“Does he love you so much?" "He would commit murder for me.”
― The Phantom of the Opera
― The Phantom of the Opera
“It is always interesting to see how often women are described as ravenous when it is the men who, without exception, take without thought of compensation.”
― The Salt Grows Heavy
― The Salt Grows Heavy
“There are darknesses in life and there are lights; you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
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