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“Andrew ignored him, but Neil didn't mind. He was content for now to look, arms folded over the back of his seat and chin propped on a forearm. He didn't know what he was looking for. Andrew looked as he always had, and Neil knew his face as well as he knew every iteration of his own. Despite that, something seemed different. Maybe it was the sunlight streaming through the window, making Andrew's pale hair shine brighter and his hazel eyes seem almost gold. Whatever it was, it was disorienting. A wordless question buzzed under Neil's skin, leaving him restless and out-of-sorts.”
― The King's Men
― The King's Men
“There’s this idea in psychoanalysis that I’ve always liked.” Julian pulled himself closer and rested his head in the crook of Paul’s arm. “It’s that what we call ‘love’ is actually letting your identity fill in around the shape of the other person—you love someone by defining yourself against them. It says loss hurts because there’s nothing holding that part of you in place anymore. But your outline still holds, and it keeps holding. The thing you shaped yourself into by loving them, you never stop being that. The marks are permanent, so the idea of the person you loved is permanent, too.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“Young man, there are two cringe-worthy phrases in one’s life that must be said, no matter what.”
“Which two?”
“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”
“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”
“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.”
― 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]
“Which two?”
“‘Thank you’, and 'I’m sorry’.”
“What can anybody do to me if I don’t say them?”
“Someday, you’ll say those words in tears.”
― 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]
“You look drugged within an inch of your life," Neil said, "and when you're not medicated you're drinking and dusting. When they finally take your medicine away, who are you going to hurt, really?" Andrew laughed. "I'm remembering why I don't like you." "I'm surprised you forgot." "I didn't," Andrew said. "I just got distracted for a moment there.”
― The Raven King
― The Raven King
“Believe in the things I try to tell you instead of the things you think you deserve to be told.
Keep writing. It doesn't matter what about. Please keep writing.”
― These Violent Delights
Keep writing. It doesn't matter what about. Please keep writing.”
― These Violent Delights
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