“But I stayed where I was, afraid to move toward him, afraid I might lose my footing on solid ground, detach from what had anchored me before and drift out into the void of space - a vagabond, wandering moon.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“If I don't poke my head out of my shell and show people who I am, all anyone will ever think I am is my shell.”
― Year of Yes
― Year of Yes
“Killers aren't always assassins. Sometimes, they don't even have blood on their hands.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“I assumed it was a matter of time. One day I’d meet someone who counteracted my chemical structure. We would compete for supremacy, collide until one of us was forced to yield, or else go forth together, suspended in eternal stalemate. But my model is inaccurate. The poets are wrong. The opposite of ice isn’t fire. It’s water.”
― Places No One Knows
― Places No One Knows
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