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‘You should dream more, Mr Wormold. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.’
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“back then, even talking about rock and roll at the Royal Academy would have been sacrilege, like turning up to church and telling the vicar that you’re really interested in worshipping Satan.”
― Me
― Me
“I can’t stop my thoughts. I can’t stop comparing myself to others. I can’t stop looking at myself, both directly and in the mirror;”
― Hunger for Life
― Hunger for Life
“That was just the mindset of the times: that happiness was somehow less important than keeping up appearances.”
― Me
― Me
“You may still be standing, dear,’ it read, ‘but the rest of us are on the fucking floor.”
― Me
― Me
“I think fatigue suits you, Zoya. The pallor. The shadows beneath your eyes. You look like a heroine in a novel. "
"I look like a woman about to step on your foot. "
"Now, now. You're managing remarkably well. And the smiling hasn't killed you yet."
"Yet.”
― King of Scars
"I look like a woman about to step on your foot. "
"Now, now. You're managing remarkably well. And the smiling hasn't killed you yet."
"Yet.”
― King of Scars
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