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“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“GOD: I own you like I own the caves.
THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison.
GOD: I made you. I could tame you.
THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now.
GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you.
THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.”
― How We Are Hungry
THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison.
GOD: I made you. I could tame you.
THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now.
GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you.
THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.”
― How We Are Hungry
“I know
it’s stupid to not own a gun yet have
so many triggers, but in some other world
gigantic seashells hold humans
to their ears and listen to the echo
of machines.”
―
it’s stupid to not own a gun yet have
so many triggers, but in some other world
gigantic seashells hold humans
to their ears and listen to the echo
of machines.”
―
“It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.”
―
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.”
―
“When she bleeds the smells I know change colour. There is iron in her soul on those days. She smells like a gun.”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
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