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“I do not want to pass the time. I want to grab hold of it and leave my mark upon the world.”
― The Sweet Far Thing
― The Sweet Far Thing
“Sheep. I'm stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep.”
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
― A Great and Terrible Beauty
“People aren't always what you want them to be”
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“It isn't the bloody weather!"
I've shocked them into silence. I should stop. Apologize for my outburst. Make amends. Blame the climate. But I cannot. Something in me has given way and it cannot be put back again. "Did you know that he had returned to the laudanum? That he couldn't give it up? That our good intentions were not nearly so powerful as his will to die?... No, Thomas. Is this the life you want for me? To be like you? To wear blinders and talk of nothing that matters and drink weak tea with other people who would do anything to hide the truth, especially from themselves?”
― The Sweet Far Thing
I've shocked them into silence. I should stop. Apologize for my outburst. Make amends. Blame the climate. But I cannot. Something in me has given way and it cannot be put back again. "Did you know that he had returned to the laudanum? That he couldn't give it up? That our good intentions were not nearly so powerful as his will to die?... No, Thomas. Is this the life you want for me? To be like you? To wear blinders and talk of nothing that matters and drink weak tea with other people who would do anything to hide the truth, especially from themselves?”
― The Sweet Far Thing
“What they don't know is that I went over the edge years ago, and lived to tell the tale.”
― Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
― Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
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