“Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“Men... No matter how unappealing, each of them imagines he is somehow worthy.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“After all the fears, the warnings, after all, a woman's mistakes are different from a girl's. They are written by fire on stone. They are a trait and not an error.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“Lovers who kill each other will blame it on the wind.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“She was sitting cross-legged on her bed in her white kimono, writing in a notebook with an ink pen she dipped in a bottle. 'Never let a man stay the night,' she told me. 'Dawn has a way of casting a pall on any night magic.' The night magic sounded lovely. Someday I would have lovers and write a poem after.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
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