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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful. It has been
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“I almost laughed. “You would rather me eat your heart than look away in disgust?”
“Of course,” he breathed. “Every time.”
― Juniper & Thorn
“Of course,” he breathed. “Every time.”
― Juniper & Thorn
“He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room.”
― All This Twisted Glory
― All This Twisted Glory
“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― Babel
― Babel
“The Horn placed his hands on her shoulders, and pulled her close, and laid his cheek against hers. "Heaven help me, Shae," he whispered into her ear. "I'm going to kill them all.”
― Jade City
― Jade City
“But life cannot be experienced one emotion at a time. It is a tapestry of sensation, a braided rope of feeling. We must allow for reflection even when we suffer. We must reach for compassion even when we triumph. If you spend your days waiting for your sorrows to end so that you might finally live” – he shook his head – “you will die an impatient man.”
― All This Twisted Glory
― All This Twisted Glory
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