“Who tells you to be quiet all the time?” Laurie’s words are a low, thickened spill of warm honey. “Pain is meant to take up space or else we wouldn’t know how to scream. Fuck making your agony silent to avoid disturbing others. Maybe they should be disturbed.”
― Hazelthorn
― Hazelthorn
“I’m starting to understand how ridiculous it is to demand civility when the world is so disgustingly uncivil.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“It is always interesting to see how often women are described as ravenous when it is the men who, without exception, take without thought of compensation.”
― The Salt Grows Heavy
― The Salt Grows Heavy
“Long may you rot”
― Hazelthorn
― Hazelthorn
“It’s much easier to tell yourself you’re a good person than it is to actually be one.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
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