“A reminder, perhaps, that abusers do not need to be, and rarely are, cackling maniacs. They just need to want something, and not care how they get it.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“It was a nothing that felt like an everything.”
― Un lugar para Mungo
― Un lugar para Mungo
“It was a paradox, really – I was afraid of men, but I only felt really safe if one of them was on my side.”
― Open, Heaven
― Open, Heaven
“Families might usually be bonded by blood, but maybe sometimes they’re bonded by shared secrets, by a delicate mixture of caution and faith, by the conviction that hiding together is better in every way than hiding alone.”
― We Could Be So Good
― We Could Be So Good
“I do not think this is the moment to give way to sterile misery: that may be enough for those who want to suffer at their ease and have time to drink their own tears. There are people like that, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation on earth; but anyone who has the will to fight will not lose precious time, but immediately strike back at that Fate which has dealt a blow. Have you the will to fight against ill-fortune, Valentine? Tell me, because that is what I have come to ask you.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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