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“He strips me of my last nakedness, that underskin of mauve, pearlized satin, like a skinned rabbit; then dresses me again in an embrace so lucid and encompassing it might be made of water. And shakes over me dead leaves as if into the stream I have become.”
― The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
― The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
“Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind.”
― When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
― When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
“To everyone harboring their own fire and to everyone lost in the dark. May you see the sun again.”
― The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
― The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
“You do not deserve this' he said.
'Who can say what I deserve or no?' I said. 'I've done nothing; but that may be sufficient reason for condemning me”
― The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
'Who can say what I deserve or no?' I said. 'I've done nothing; but that may be sufficient reason for condemning me”
― The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
“She now saw life as an open wound. A shallow promise. A dark thing that should have loved her but instead tried to drown her.”
― Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
― Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul
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