“You see, there are no pretty pink flowers in the woods at night.”
― Eye for Eye
― Eye for Eye
“When she finally wrapped her arms around the girl, the softness stirring in her heart frightened her. It was dangerous to be soft in this world.”
― Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
― Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
“He saw only that misery could be endured in the midst of misery. But set adjacent to the good fortune of others, it became far, far harder to bear.”
― The Colour
― The Colour
“Eat, Your Highness. "
"Everything tastes like doom, " he whispered.
"Then add salt.”
― King of Scars
"Everything tastes like doom, " he whispered.
"Then add salt.”
― King of Scars
“We were always more or less miserable, and most of our acquaintance were in the same condition. There was a gay fiction among us that we were constantly enjoying ourselves, and a skeleton truth that we never did. To the best of my belief, our case was in the last aspect a rather common one.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
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