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"As far as I'm concerned calling your child Sailor was a declaration that you had far too much time on your hands and anyone who attempted to name their child that should be issued the name Eustace or Darold by the government as punishment." — 16 hours, 22 min ago
"As far as I'm concerned calling your child Sailor was a declaration that you had far too much time on your hands and anyone who attempted to name their child that should be issued the name Eustace or Darold by the government as punishment." — 16 hours, 22 min ago
“He feels relatively safe here, though he is aware as he walks the circumference of the carnival that he is also pacing along the wall of a zoo's enclosure. Protected and yet trapped. Included and collected.”
― One of Us
― One of Us
“Tears
The crystal rags
Viscous tatters
of a worn-through soul”
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The crystal rags
Viscous tatters
of a worn-through soul”
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“you gave me the care that people save for kin.”
― Kin
― Kin
“As soon as his voice is gone I have that feeling I often have when I’m away from my family, like they are moving farther and farther away from me, beginning to flicker faintly as distant stars and I will never ever reach them again. It feels like a premonition of the fact that someday, one by one, we will be separated from each other forever.”
― Heart the Lover
― Heart the Lover
“He leaned companionably closer to Bolt's ear, and the smell of Uncle Charlie's breath suggested that he'd had sardines and beer for dinner at a pub, then smoked cigars and drank whisky for a while, then vomited in a ditch while he was stumbling home in the rain.”
― One of Us
― One of Us
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