“Better not to give in to it. It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
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“I know that I go through life like a drunkard. I'm drunk on illusion. But no matter how drunk I am, there are things I can't help seeing, ferociously real things. I close my eyes, and I reel, I reel. I reel, I believe, I live in a fever and turmoil, I rise into ecstasy, but all the time there is the face of reality staring at me with ugly eyes. I know that if I open my eyes I will be intolerably hurt by the ugliness.”
― Fire: From A Journal of Love - The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
― Fire: From A Journal of Love - The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
“You’re my favorite,” I whisper, leaning in to kiss her flushed cheek. “Even if I had crab hands?” “Even if you had crab hands, Anastasia.”
― Icebreaker
― Icebreaker
“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
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“It begins with absence and desire.
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.”
― A Discovery of Witches
It begins with blood and fear.
It begins with a discovery of witches.”
― A Discovery of Witches
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