Niki D.

“People always say humour helps to avoid the dark things in life. I think it's the opposite. Humour helps us understand and partner with the sadness and beauty of life. And sometimes, because we're bathed in laughter, we are protected. Or at least, humour can help us see the world differently.”
― Bruce McCulloch, Let's Start A Riot: How A Young Drunk Punk became A Hollywood Dad

“But the worst kind of monster was the burrowing kind. The sort that crawled into you and made a home there. The sort you couldn't name, the sort you couldn't see. The monster that ate you alive from the inside out.”
― Emily Carroll

“Mrs. Strickland had the gift of sympathy. It is a charming faculty, but one often abused by those who are conscious of its possession, for there is something ghoulish in the avidity with which they will pounce upon the misfortune of their friends so that they may exercise their dexterity.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

“...and I knew that her soul had been released from the awful torment of its earthly cage.”
― Douglas Clegg, Neverland