“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god… Sweet Jude. You are my dearest punishment”
― The Wicked King
― The Wicked King
“When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about -- the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of the box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth; it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can't survive without being nurtured by water. And yet, you haven't drawn on those strengths in living your life, have you?”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
“She definitely wasn't what I thought she was.'
'She wasn't a maniacal fan, you mean?'
'She was a maniacal fan, but I don't think the maniacal fans are what I thought they were. Well, not all of them, anyway.'
'They're just a bit normal, really,' I say.
'Or we're all weird.'
'You can say that again.”
― I Was Born for This
'She wasn't a maniacal fan, you mean?'
'She was a maniacal fan, but I don't think the maniacal fans are what I thought they were. Well, not all of them, anyway.'
'They're just a bit normal, really,' I say.
'Or we're all weird.'
'You can say that again.”
― I Was Born for This
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.”
― Snow Like Ashes
― Snow Like Ashes
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