Cyeba Alcala

“we have been taught to fear the very things that have the potential to set us free”
― Alok Vaid-Menon

“Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart.”
― Yukio Mishima, Thirst for Love

“The strongest of hearts cannot be defeated by the knives and blades that are the storms and blizzards of life. Instead, it happens when a helping hand comes out of nowhere, with a gentle whisper by the ear: 'Come home.”
― Priest, 镇魂

“Illusions, illusions, he interrupted. You are a tomb, not a church. Faith is dead. No one believes anymore, no one bows his head. You are so cold. There is no life in you. You are all marble and dead metal. You have transformed everything into dead matter. You have denied life. You have preached mortification and asceticism. You have terrified the world with the gaunt faces of martyrs, instead of delighting it with a smile and cheerful faith. How chilling are your crucifixes, chalices, and reliquaries! The roses of your altar drip blood from their leaves. Your altar cloths have the pallor of a corpse’s vesture. Your chapels resemble jail cells. And what darkness in your depths!”
― Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, A Gothic Soul