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Carcass. Cut in half. Stunner. Slaughter line. Spray wash. These words appear in his head and strike him. Destroy him. But they’re not just words. They’re the blood, the dense smell, the automation, the absence of thought. They burst in on
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“How rude of the dead to die. How selfish. Wherever they are, no pain, in eternal darkness or wondrous afterlife. And here we are, tears streaming down our cheeks, the knotted stomach and clammy palms, a feeling akin to falling, in a dream that won’t end.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“In truth the way matters little; the will to arrive suffices.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
“He seemed to know everyone, and yet, when you were with him, you felt as if you were his best friend.”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“Are we ever fully honest with someone else? I don’t mean to suggest outright lies, but do we really express those quieter, deeper feelings? Those amorphous, hazy things, core things that even we struggle to admit to ourselves. Do we share everything?”
― I See You've Called in Dead
― I See You've Called in Dead
“There are times I think that none of this matters. Why put myself in danger with this book of the night? But I have to because if I write it, then it was real; if I write it, maybe we won’t just be part of a dream contained in a planet, inside a universe hidden in the imagination of someone who lives in the mouth of God. Each of these words contains my pulse. My blood. My breath.”
― The Unworthy
― The Unworthy
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