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“Her obsession with books and words,” I tell him. “She wasn’t living in reality. Everything was crafted like she was living a book in her own head.”
― A.J. Rivers, The Girl That Vanished

“To protect the bloom. Without them, it couldn’t exist. Remember the thorns, cherish the petals.”
― A.J. Rivers, The Girl and the Black Christmas

“He loved her just the way she was built and had never tried to rebuild her, as so many others in her life had attempted—from shrinks to”
― Charlie Donlea, The Suicide House

“There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other. I’m terrified of myself—and of my mother in me. Is her madness in my blood? Is it? Am I going to— No. Stop. Stop—”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient