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“In fairy tales, a kiss marks a threshold—between the state of being cursed or cured lies a kiss. But not all kisses cure; some kill. Thresholds go both ways, after all. I wasn’t thinking about this when Indigo drew me to her beneath the chandeliers of her Paris hotel. At the time, I wished only to trap her laughter under glass. I could not hear, back then, how uncannily triumphant the sound was.”
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
― The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
“What is belonging?” we ask. She says, “Where loneliness ends.”
― The Deep
― The Deep
“Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.”
― To Helen
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.”
― To Helen
“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun,”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
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