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It was what her psychiatrist had always insisted it was: an escape hatch she leaped through when she couldn’t handle reality, the comforting empowerment fantasy of a violently depressed woman with a history of trauma.
“I think you are drawn to the familiar.” Angelo smiled. “As people, we all are. We go to what feels the same. Even if that feeling is pain.”
― The Garden
― The Garden
“so furiously alive that Arthur understands for the first time why Hades stole Persephone, why a man who has spent his life in winter might do anything at all for a taste of spring.”
― Starling House
― Starling House
“Childhood memories held an entirely different feeling than my memories as a teen — they felt softer, richer, like streaks of acrylic paint across a canvas. ”
― Her Soul to Take
― Her Soul to Take
“There was something thrilling and cathartic in imagining being helpless. Helpless but pleasured. Helpless but desired.”
― Her Soul to Take
― Her Soul to Take
“Don’t ever say that. You are worth it. I would have given up a lot more if I had to, and even if there was nothing I could do, if they printed those stories, it wouldn’t matter to me. Your past doesn’t define you. You are so much more than just your spells.”
― Spellbound After Midnight
― Spellbound After Midnight
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