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“It frustrated him immensely that he would never be able to prove that time didn't stop when she met his eye. Though, he reminded himself, maybe if he committed it to memory then he could return to it in another shape, with better understanding.”
― Alone With You in the Ether
― Alone With You in the Ether
“It's obvious, don't you see it, can't you hear it? His name is written on my skin, he scarred me. I've changed my entire shape for having fit within the enormity of his thoughts, and now the only words I know are lines and color.”
― Alone With You in the Ether
― Alone With You in the Ether
“You realize there is a reason cliches exist, and you would happily have your breath taken away, three seconds at a time, maybe more, by this woman.”
― Open Water
― Open Water
“As a girl I had liked obscene language, it gave me a sense of masculine freedom. Now I knew that obscenity could raise sparks of madness if it came from a mouth as controlled as mine. So I closed my eyes, I held my hands and squeezed my eyelids.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
“What you're trying to say is that it's easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are to suffocate.
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
At some point, you must breathe.”
― Open Water
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