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Her eyes go dark and she begins to twirl her dreadlocks. “These days, you look at me like I’m a monster.” Her voice is so low, I can barely hear her. “I don’t think you’re—” “This is victim shaming, you know…”
“That is excitement. We catch only glimpses, a burst of movement, a flap of wings, yet it is life itself beating at shadow's edge. It is the unfolding of potential; all of what we might experience and see and learn awaits us.”
― To The Bright Edge of the World
― To The Bright Edge of the World
“I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.”
― The Sparrow
― The Sparrow
“I know better than to take life directions from someone without a moral compass.”
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
― My Sister, the Serial Killer
“On a scale of 1-10, you don't get to be a 23 without really loving it.”
― Running Close to the Wind
― Running Close to the Wind
“By the sea and in the eyes of the Mother and the Lord of Judgement, I declare myself to you. I come to you without distinctions and without glory, without the trifling and meaningless trappings of mortal honours. I come to you as nothing and no one but myself. Take my hands and see that they are empty - I offer you no wealth but that of my heart, and ask for none but that of yours. Hear my words and know that they are true - I swear myself to you and none other”
― A Taste of Gold and Iron
― A Taste of Gold and Iron
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