“Sometimes you have to do what scares you. It makes life interesting.”
“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
“From the very start, Sally has been lying to herself, telling herself she can handle anything, and that she doesn't want to lie anymore. One more lie and she'll be truly lost. One more and she'll never find her way back through the woods.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“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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“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
“The evening was everything I'd ever dreamed of from a man. The most Max had ever cooked for me were some drunken pizza rolls. And yet, I could still feel that void inside of me that ached for something more. I'd gotten William the lover, but where was William the killer? Maybe I'd been misinterpreting my dreams all along. It was possible that I'd always wanted violence and not love. Or maybe I'd intertwined those things so closely that it was impossible to separate them.”
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
― Love Letters to a Serial Killer
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