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So much of our inner turmoil is the result of conducting a life we don’t inherently desire, only
“She’d learned early that it was quicker to bond with another person over what you didn’t like than what you did, and that the easiest way to feel close to someone was to do something transgressive together. That’s why smokers always made friends.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“Using the chair is not a punishment. It is not a prison,” he said. “It never was. And I am as much of a man in that chair, or with that cane, as I am standing on my feet.”
― Tower of Dawn
― Tower of Dawn
“Your life is more precious than any other life to me. Even more- even more than my own."
"Is that meant to be romantic?"
"It's not meant to be anything. It's just true.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
"Is that meant to be romantic?"
"It's not meant to be anything. It's just true.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“you say lonely.
i say self-sufficient. I say dating myself.
-your local spinster.”
― Shine your Icy Crown
i say self-sufficient. I say dating myself.
-your local spinster.”
― Shine your Icy Crown
“I don't understand this obsession with happiness," she said. "Happiness is like the Hollywood sign. It's big, it's unattainable, and even if you do make it up there, what's there to do but come back down?”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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