“I don’t need pretty words, Fin.” Oh yes, she most certainly did. Because I suspected that nobody had taken care with her before.
“The director of the psychiatric ward is my father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former college roommate.”
― The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
― The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie
“A shard of broken glass, shaped like a dagger, its end tapering to an evil-looking point.”
― House of Glass
― House of Glass
“It never occurred to me to let things end there, for the kiss to be just a kiss. I was always escalating things with men far beyond what they were meant to be and then wondering why I'd left every situation with a wound.”
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“There was something peaceful in the knowing. I once read an article online that said the rejuvenating force of a vacation isn't the trip but the anticipation of a break.”
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
“He's not wrong. There are ways in which the world has destroyed me and there are ways in which I have welcomed that destruction. As much as I want to deny it, there is a kind of pleasure that comes from being tied up with a knife against my throat.”
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
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