jade gloria

“When she asked the birds what to do, they answered that they didn't know anything about love, that love was a distinctly human defect which God had created to counterbalance the power of human greed.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Lapvona

“Truth be told, I was a glutton for punishment.”
― Ottessa Moshfegh, Eileen

“Good heavens! what exasperation! what fury! Who has bitten you? Who has stung you?... worthy preachers, what would you do without vice? You would be reduced to beggary from to-morrow, if people became virtuous to-day.”
― Théophile Gautier, Mademoiselle de Maupin

“Time is jealous of you, and wars against your lilies and your roses.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Stories