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“I know exactly why Icarus flew so high: when you’ve spent too long in the dark, you’ll melt your own wings just to feel the sun on your skin.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
“Wondering what it meant to be was not in the purview of a construct whose entire purpose revolved around its rules, and those rules did not allow for the consideration of self.
But it's considering it now.”
― The Blighted Stars
But it's considering it now.”
― The Blighted Stars
“It was like the ardour of a lover; it embarrassed me; it was hateful and yet over-powering; and with gloating eyes she drew me to her, and her hot lips travelled along my cheek in kisses; and she would whisper, almost in sobs, "You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever.”
― Carmilla
― Carmilla
“It occurs to me that this lonely, beastly, bleeding boy is the only person who has ever fought for me, ever stood between me and the dark and told me to save myself.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
“What is more lovely, after all, than a monster undone with wanting?”
― A Dowry of Blood
― A Dowry of Blood
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