Leslie

“He'd kept this silence because his own secrets were darker, more hidden, and because he believed that his secrets had created hers.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“When words don’t add up in love, it is because of six possible reasons:

1. They are afraid to tell you the truth because you will leave them.

2. They enjoy being a liar or playing people because of ego reasons and/or control.

3. They don’t know the truth themselves.

4. They are undecided.

5. They refuse to let their guard down and be vulnerable because you or someone else have hurt them tremendously.

6. You are not being told all the information because of a break down in communication.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”
― Gilles Deleuze, Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation

“No, this is my revenge. I am giving you just what you want, I'm releasing you. And yet I''m really not. I'll inflict torments on you, subtle torments, day after day, year after year- that's why you're necessary to me.”
― Buddhadeva Bose, It Rained All Night