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I look around, curious. Is my vision better? Does everything smell…louder than before? Can smells even be loud?
“She sometimes wished her mother were outright cruel; then at least Florence could cut ties without feeling guilty. Instead, they were locked in this endless masquerade: her mother supplying encouragement undercut by disappointment and Florence responding with affection and contrition she didn’t feel.”
― Who Is Maud Dixon?
― Who Is Maud Dixon?
“Forget about flowers and candy. Romance is for men who don't know how to fuck.”
― Ruthless Heart
― Ruthless Heart
“I was able to work out that what humans may have lacked in physical attractiveness, they made up for in gullibility. You could tell them anything in a convincing-enough voice and they would believe it. Anything, of course, except the truth.”
― The Humans
― The Humans
“I'm sorry, Hugh. I don't know what came over me."
Hugh pulled her close and curled his body around hers. "I came over you, darling.”
― Barbarous
Hugh pulled her close and curled his body around hers. "I came over you, darling.”
― Barbarous
“I am the war you cannot win”
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