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“I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.”
― Split Tooth
― Split Tooth
“The foxes run. The foxes die. I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.”
― Split Tooth
― Split Tooth
“Ik wil haar diep onder de grond stoppen en op een beter moment weer opgraven. Dat klinkt gruwelijker dan ik het bedoel.”
― Laat het stil zijn
― Laat het stil zijn
“Practise losing small things, so you're better at losing bigger things.”
― Slip of a Fish
― Slip of a Fish
“This is a female text, composed by folding someone else's clothes. My mind holds it close, and it grows, tender and slow, while my hands perform innumerable chores.
This is a female text, born of guilt and desire, stitched to a soundtrack of nursery rhymes.”
― A Ghost in the Throat
This is a female text, born of guilt and desire, stitched to a soundtrack of nursery rhymes.”
― A Ghost in the Throat
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