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There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb ...more
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Madeline Miller
“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

Edgar Allan Poe
“It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.”
Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings

Anthony Doerr
“Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.”
Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

Audrey Hepburn
“Sex appeal is something that you feel deep down inside. It’s suggested rather than shown. I’m not as well-stacked as Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida, but there is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”
Audrey Hepburn

Charles Bukowski
“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”
Charles Bukowski

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