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“Your past is a part of you. It trails at your heels like a faithful old dog, refusing to leave your side. And sometimes, it bites your arse.”
― The Burning Girls
― The Burning Girls
“What's wrong with wanting everything?
Nothing, as long as you know how to get it.”
― Portrait of a Thief
Nothing, as long as you know how to get it.”
― Portrait of a Thief
“I think that people who say life is all about the choices we make and the roads we go down are full of shit. Because check it, stairs or elevator, we still would have come out on the third floor. When the fickle finger of fate points at you, all roads lead to the same place, that’s what I think. I may change my mind when I’m older, but I really don’t think so.”
― Later
― Later
“Teenagers can communicate a lot with eye rolls. Which is just as well, seeing as oral communication hits something of a brick wall once they turn fifteen.”
― The Burning Girls
― The Burning Girls
“They say not knowing is worse. But sometimes, knowing is just as bad. Knowing is finally finding that elusive needle in the haystack, only to discover that the needle was the very thing stopping the entire haystack from collapsing and burying you.”
― The Burning Girls
― The Burning Girls
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