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“On of the reasons that I wanted to study literature was because it exposed everything. Writers looked for secrets that had never been mined. Every writer has to invent their own magical language, in order to describe the indescribable. They might seem to be writing in French, English, or Spanish, but really they were writing in the language of butterflies, crows, and hanged men.”
― Heather O'Neill, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night

“There are things that are permissible in sex that aren’t permissible elsewhere. You can smack each other and tie one another up and pee on them and strangle them. That’s when love shows its face. When love takes off its clothes and has a drink. It sometimes takes the most appalling forms. It made the night seem like it was going to last forever.”
― Heather O'Neill, The Girl Who Was Saturday Night

“Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things.”
― Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

“They don't know. It's not their fault. What are they supposed to do when they've been told their whole lives not to believe in fairy tales?”
― Heather O'Neill, Daydreams of Angels