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Once Giovanni had passed through the pine and oak trees, the sky above seemed to unfurl over him, the Milky Way flowing from the south toward the north. Marking the top of the hill was a tall pillar surrounded by blooming bellflowers and
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“Bee had always been the golden boy, but that summer he gleamed. Buttercup sun lolled through the branches, catching the fuzz on his bare shoulders and back. Their tiny haloed lion.”
― The Gloaming
― The Gloaming
“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”
― Where the Wild Things Are
― Where the Wild Things Are
“I hate slick and pretty things. I prefer mistakes and accidents. Which is why I like things like cuts and bruises - they're like little flowers. I've always said that if you have a name for something, like 'cut' or 'bruise,' people will automatically be disturbed by it. But when you see the same thing in nature, and you don't know what it is, it can be very beautiful.”
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“We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop our walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of light, like stars, like flies, like flakes of dust.”
― My Name is Mina
― My Name is Mina
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Bluebeard's Egg
― Bluebeard's Egg
Gothic Literature
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