“Man must have light. He must live in the fierce full constant glare of light, where all shadow will be defined and sharp and unique and personal: the shadow of his own singular rectitude or baseness. All human evils have to come out of obscurity and darkness, where there is nothing to dog man constantly with the shape of his own deformity.”
― The Mansion
― The Mansion
“No one seems to notice when you're down,
Unless you are bleeding,
Unless you are bleeding,
But sometimes the worst wounds,
Are the ones you can't see”
―
Unless you are bleeding,
Unless you are bleeding,
But sometimes the worst wounds,
Are the ones you can't see”
―
“When a man is standing at the top of a cliff, it isn’t fear of falling that keeps him rooted to the edge — it’s the fear of not being able to resist the desire to jump, just to see what falling feels like.”
― Russian Dolls
― Russian Dolls
“Pinch of pain gives you tear!
Repeat!
Pinch of pain gives you strength! Repeat!
A pinch of pain gives you strength to overcome the big pain.”
―
Repeat!
Pinch of pain gives you strength! Repeat!
A pinch of pain gives you strength to overcome the big pain.”
―
“And it was to the bottom that the vessel now plunged, into the waters that were blacker than any black on land, into a gloom that was more consuming than the deepest night. Were the crew not focused on their frenzied work to stop the steep descent, they might've glanced out one of the many round windows, and they might've thought that they were looking into the black iris of an evil creature—and they might've been right.”
― Lifemaker
― Lifemaker
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