“The problem is that no matter how good your intentions, eventually you want to kill someone yourself.”
― Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone
― Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone
“Wendy is still dead. I hadn't understood before: it really doesn't bring them back. Somehow, you think, despite what you know, it will be a trade. Find the person who did the wrong thing and they will suffer instead of the one who was killed. Instead, that person just suffers too.”
― The Girl in the Park
― The Girl in the Park
“Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Give me lust, baby.
Flash.
Give me malice.
Flash.
Give me detached existentialist ennui.
Flash.
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.
Flash.”
― Invisible Monsters
Flash.
Give me malice.
Flash.
Give me detached existentialist ennui.
Flash.
Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.
Flash.”
― Invisible Monsters
“I hate how I don't feel real enough unless people are watching.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
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