“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“I don’t know how to hold this truth,
so I kill it, pin its terrible wings down
in case, later, no one believes me.”
― The Carrying
so I kill it, pin its terrible wings down
in case, later, no one believes me.”
― The Carrying
“Maybe we pray on our knees because god only listens when we’re this close to the devil.”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
“My mother said I could be anything I wanted - but I chose to live.”
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
― Night Sky with Exit Wounds
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