“Even the spate of clearly well-intentioned films about AIDS only added to the certainty that gay characters wind up dead by the final reel. After all, in the movies, no one lives with HIV ... perhaps the ultimate stigmatization.”
― Vortex
― Vortex
“Furthermore, it goes without saying that all of the people, living, dead, and otherwise, in this story are fictional or used in a fictional context. Only the gods are real.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“The original Gothic horror tales focused on personalities deformed through loneliness. Ghouls, vampires, werewolves: all made, not born. But the isolation? Are even such as these ever truly alone? Perhaps the psyche has always been more complex than that, desire eternally more potent than terror. Surely, none prowl entirely in solitude.”
― Martyrs and Monsters
― Martyrs and Monsters
“Every empire grows until its reach exceeds its grasp.”
― Caliban's War
― Caliban's War
“Everybody must seem crazy if you see deep enough into their minds.”
― The Looking-Glass
― The Looking-Glass
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