“There's no point to revenge. You either don't get it, in which case the want grows until it collapses your world around you, or you do get it. And then you have it. Great. Show me something you can build from revenge that you can't build from acceptance.”
― The Forever Court
― The Forever Court
“He's gone now. He did something terrible, but...he did good things, too. And he kept us well. And it's all right if you are sad.”
― The Real Boy
― The Real Boy
“I know what I want and what I don’t want. I’ve never wanted sex. Never. I’ve never understood why it has to be in every book and movie and television show ever made. I never figured out why porn is such a huge thing. I'll be fine if no guy ever takes his shirt off for me. I’m not scared, I just don’t want it.”
― Tash Hearts Tolstoy
― Tash Hearts Tolstoy
“I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day.”
― The Ballad of Black Tom
― The Ballad of Black Tom
“We are not broken things, neither of us. We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.”
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
― The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
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