You let an animal know you’re afraid of it and it loses all respect for you. If it doesn’t respect you, it has no qualms about ripping your belly open and showing you what your stomach looks like.
“And that’s the thing… the truth will always be more terrifying than a lie. Because the truth can’t be altered, but a lie can.”
― The Favorite Girl
― The Favorite Girl
“The longer you let something go, the easier it is to stay silent, and the silence is where the resentment starts to fester and rot.”
― We Are Not Like Them
― We Are Not Like Them
“I have a saying: Disappointment is a function of unreasonable expectations.”
― 107 Days
― 107 Days
“And you can make yourself look any way you want to, but if you think it’s gonna get the hurt inside you to disappear, you sure wrong.”
― The Girls Who Grew Big
― The Girls Who Grew Big
“Sometimes the man wearing the crown ain’t the man that’s supposed to be the king.”
― King of Ashes
― King of Ashes
Des’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Des’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Biography, Christian, Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Psychology, Romance, Self help, and Spirituality
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