How cruel life was, to create something so fragile and give it no chance at surviving.
“You can have all the gold in the world and yet lack everything of real worth.”
― Gild
― Gild
“Somehow grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness: an act of possession that instantly gives way to nothing.”
― The Silent Patient
― The Silent Patient
“Does it really matter if your cage is solid gold when you aren’t allowed to leave it? A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded.”
― Gild
― Gild
“You’re not the villain in my story.” “I am,” he says without remorse, his sharp jaw tight with tension. “But I’ll be the villain for you. Not to you.”
― Gleam
― Gleam
“We tell ourselves twisted lies to tangle around our wicked truths, all so that we can get caught up in the bind and not have to face bare regrets.”
― Gleam
― Gleam
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