“Without the sun, what’s the moon? Just a rock in the outer dark. Its illumination just a trick. Just a trick from the sun’s light, which it steals. And that’s what Beauty is too.”
― Rouge
― Rouge
“Thank god, I tell myself. Which god, I don't know. Between Mother's and Father's gods, I picture a wide black space full of stars. That's the space I whisper up to. Maybe there's a god there too. My own”
― Rouge
― Rouge
“There was never anything to fear. Which is a little disappointing, frankly. Maybe I wanted to be obliterated.”
― Rouge
― Rouge
“What I smell is the word forbidden, red and sharp and bittersweet, rising up like crushed roses under the bed.”
― Rouge
― Rouge
“Envy is when you hate someone because they have something you want, she said simply”
― Rouge
― Rouge
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