Abscond
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He’d read somewhere that an infant could recognize its mother by her scent alone; he would know his mother from these abrupt volleys of sound.
“I think of how keenly I've been wrong. I think of all the gods I have made out of feeble men.”
― Luster
― Luster
“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“Alex slept in Darlington's bed and dreamed that he was curled behind her on the narrow mattress.
He pulled her close, his fingers digging into her abdomen, and she could feel claws at their tips. He whispered in her ear, "I will serve you 'til the end of days."
"And love me," she said with a laugh, bold in the dream, unafraid.
But all he said was, "It is not the same.”
― Ninth House
He pulled her close, his fingers digging into her abdomen, and she could feel claws at their tips. He whispered in her ear, "I will serve you 'til the end of days."
"And love me," she said with a laugh, bold in the dream, unafraid.
But all he said was, "It is not the same.”
― Ninth House
“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“Death is not a lover.”
― The Road
― The Road
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