The Inmate
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“how do i welcome in kindness when i have only practiced spreading my legs for the terrifying what am i to do with you if my idea of love is violence but you are sweet if your concept of passion is eye contact but mine is rage how can i call this intimacy if i crave sharp edges but your edges aren’t even edges they are soft landings how do i teach myself to accept a healthy love if all i’ve ever known is pain”
― The Sun and Her Flowers
― The Sun and Her Flowers
“Today may not be my day, but I have 364 to make better.”
― I Am More Than My Nightmares
― I Am More Than My Nightmares
“But before I begin to look into your father’s disappearance, I’m going to teach you a lesson about how very serious this whole thing is.”
― Boss
― Boss
“Whatever Redrum was, it was here.”
― The Shining
― The Shining
“I didn’t appreciate him. I was too young, and I didn’t know what other boys were like. I thought every boy would race around the side of his broken down Ford to keep me from opening the door on my own. Would drive me home every single day after school, even if it meant he had to rush back to school to get to swim team practice. Would kiss me softly and sweetly and respectfully ask permission before he tried anything we hadn’t done before.”
― Do Not Disturb
― Do Not Disturb
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