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"Films made it seem as though love was hidden in the petals of red roses and a view of the Eiffel Tower, but he's relieved to find it sitting side by side in the trapped warmth of a glass potting shed in Willesden." — 12 hours, 34 min ago
"Films made it seem as though love was hidden in the petals of red roses and a view of the Eiffel Tower, but he's relieved to find it sitting side by side in the trapped warmth of a glass potting shed in Willesden." — 12 hours, 34 min ago
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"Pain serves a purpose. Without it, you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of." — 9 hours, 6 min ago
"Pain serves a purpose. Without it, you are in danger. What you cannot feel you cannot take care of." — 9 hours, 6 min ago
“you gave me the care that people save for kin.”
― Kin
― Kin
“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.”
― Mad Mabel
― Mad Mabel
“I have found that when you start to wonder about who you've hurt in this life, you can easily lose your mind.”
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“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
“Friends are like oxygen. If you’ve been blessed enough to have always been surrounded by friends, you might think I’m overplaying this. I don’t blame you. If you’d always been surrounded by air, you wouldn’t think to credit it for your very existence either. But I’ve spent much of my life gasping for breath, so I promise you, it’s true. Friends are like oxygen.”
― Mad Mabel
― Mad Mabel
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