“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil - rich, fertile soil.
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.”
― The Midnight Library
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.”
― The Midnight Library
“The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness.”
― Lord of the Flies
― Lord of the Flies
“You don’t have to understand life. You just have to live it.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
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