“have not spoken to him for ten years, but I thought of him every single day.”
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
“People don’t change,” Nina said bitterly. “They just get more punctilious about hiding their true selves.” I”
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
“I always thought that being self-sufficient was a strength, but now I realize it’s a kind of weakness, too.”
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
― In a Dark, Dark Wood
“There is no special protection when you cross that invisible line from your ordinary life to that parallel world where tragedies happen. It happens just like this. You don’t become someone else. You’re still exactly the same. Everything around you still smells and looks and feels exactly the same.”
― Truly Madly Guilty
― Truly Madly Guilty
“When I look at him I feel dismayed as I always do at how normal he looks, because surely there should be something--pointed ears or a pair of horns--to warn people of his evilness.”
― Behind Closed Doors
― Behind Closed Doors
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