“Why do you suppose we do that, push ourselves away from those we love right when we need them the most?”
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
“What I didn’t know back then, is that I was cold. I’d turned off the longing, knowing that if I let one bit of weakness in, I’d tumble down that rabbit hole of sorrow.”
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
“Yours is by far the harder lot, but mine is happening to me.”
― Lily and the Octopus
― Lily and the Octopus
“I had done all the right things. I had Lily. I had Jeffrey. I had a family. And then I didn’t. I don’t understand how my life got so empty, or why the octopus came, or why everyone eventually goes away.”
― Lily and the Octopus
― Lily and the Octopus
“What’s the definition of torture? I’ll tell you what it is. It’s when someone you can’t stand to be parted from leaves you to go figure out a mystery that you yourself have been tryin’ to solve … and they leave you behind. Nothin’ feels worse than bein’ left behind.”
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
― The Witch of Belladonna Bay
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