“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“No matter what happens in the world, however brutal or dystopian a thing, not all is lost if there are people out there risking themselves to document it. Little sparks cause fires, too.”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“And yet, it occurs to me now that we can never run with our lies indefinitely. Sooner or later we are forced to confront their darkness. We can choose then when, not the if. And the longer we wait, the more painful and uncertain it will be.”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
“Little sparks cause fires too.”
― Swimming in the Dark
― Swimming in the Dark
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