“I would bear anything and everything for love of you. Now, does my love mean so little to you that you would not suffer for it as I have for yours?” “Must love be about suffering?” She looked at me with eyes so black, I wondered how she could even see. “How else does one show the strength and sincerity of one’s love if not through suffering and sacrifice?”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“[W]hen questioned by an anthropologist on what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, “Ours.” —Vine Deloria, Jr., Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto”
― Warrior Girl Unearthed
― Warrior Girl Unearthed
“Darkness lies ahead, yes, but so do joy, solace, and, above all, love.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“You had everything that mattered, but you could never believe it. He loved you, and you loved him. But you had to cling to this path that you thought was your fate. You killed him, even though it didn’t mean anything at all. It wasn’t fate that cursed you, General. It was you. How you scorned me for being so afraid! And yet you were the one who was too afraid to be yourself, and to claim what was given to you.”
― He Who Drowned the World
― He Who Drowned the World
“You must be careful with that, Roos. It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
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