“We knew that Cecilia had killed herself because she was a misfit, because the beyond called to her, and we knew that her sisters, once abandoned, felt her calling from that place, too. ”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?”
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
― It's Kind of a Funny Story
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
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“The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind.”
― The Virgin Suicides
― The Virgin Suicides
“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.”
― Frost & Fire
― Frost & Fire
Esmeralda’s 2025 Year in Books
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