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"“Lucy writes.”
“Lucie worries. She doesn’t say so, but I know she worries, that all her writing will come to nothing.” 🕯️📃🖋️" — Apr 23, 2026 10:29AM
"“Lucy writes.”
“Lucie worries. She doesn’t say so, but I know she worries, that all her writing will come to nothing.” 🕯️📃🖋️" — Apr 23, 2026 10:29AM
After I did, there came heavy footfalls towards me. The door swung open—goodness, that man can swing a door almost as well as he can throw open a curtain.
“It began as all things did: a girl on the shore, terrified and desirous.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“I was a woman when it was convenient to blame me, and a girl when they wanted to use me.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
“He laughed a little, like he was drunk. "I do say it a lot."
"What?" she said, going briefly still.
"Your name," he said, and closed his eyes. He nearly fell over, catching himself at the last second. "I didn't know your name for so long, angel. I love the way it feels in my mouth.”
― These Infinite Threads
"What?" she said, going briefly still.
"Your name," he said, and closed his eyes. He nearly fell over, catching himself at the last second. "I didn't know your name for so long, angel. I love the way it feels in my mouth.”
― These Infinite Threads
“Can a bookworm ever really call herself alone when she’s surrounded by books?”
― The Astral Library
― The Astral Library
“There was an intimacy to all violence, she supposed. The better you knew someone, the more terribly you could hurt them.”
― A Study in Drowning
― A Study in Drowning
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