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Perhaps she was glass. But glass is only brittle until it breaks. Then it’s sharp.
“Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you’re afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back. You shouldn’t be alone. It’s killing you; it’s undermining you. All the time, every day, you should be somewhere with people.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
“Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story.”
― The Sandman: Book Three
― The Sandman: Book Three
“If a fear cannot be articulated, it can’t be conquered.”
― 'Salem's Lot
― 'Salem's Lot
“The basis of all human fears, he thought. A closed door, slightly ajar.”
― 'Salem's Lot
― 'Salem's Lot
“Ruth said, "Love isn't just wanting another person the way you want to own an object you see in a store. That's just desire. You want to have it around, take it home and set it up somewhere in the apartment like a lamp. Love is"-she paused, reflecting-"like a father saving his children from a burning house, getting them out and denying himself. When you love you cease to live for yourself; you live for another person.”
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
― Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
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