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“A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him up for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.”
― W.B. Yeats

“I’ve been smoking a lot
and starting to doubt
if I’m breathing you in
or smoking you out.”
― Keaton Henson

“I gambled for the soul of the Library. And I lost.”
― Rachel Caine, Ink and Bone

“Our neighbors turned to stare at us, because Miles Richter laughing was one of those things that the Mayans had predicted would signal the end of the world. He wasn't particularly loud about it, but it was Miles laughing, a sound no mortal had ever heard before.”
― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up