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I, Medusa
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I sigh. In these moments, I feel like a common moth trying in vain to pass for a butterfly. A well-worn sense of defeat settles over me.
“Sadness is like stones that stack inside you, making it harder to move.”
― When the Moon Hatched
― When the Moon Hatched
“There are good days and hard days for me—even now. Don’t let the hard days win.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“You know the days when you get the mean reds?
Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues?
Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you’re getting fat, and maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid, and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?”
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Paul Varjak: The mean reds. You mean like the blues?
Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you’re getting fat, and maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid, and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?”
― Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
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