“The scant autumn light was blunted and cooled by clouds so dark, they seemed bruised. It silvered the windows, which were awash with rain, and made running patterns on the wall. It was like sitting in a sea cave.”
― Blood on Her Tongue
― Blood on Her Tongue
“You’re much brighter than you let on—and much meaner, though perhaps that’s simply because you’re unhappy, and you’re unhappy because you desire fiercely what you can’t have. You yearn and crave and want with such force, it seems to eat you up from the inside.”
― Blood on Her Tongue
― Blood on Her Tongue
“Disappointment tells us what we truly wanted. And to want is to be alive.”
― Hungerstone
― Hungerstone
“How horrifying. Is there anything more dangerous to a woman than to be beautiful when weeping?”
― Blood on Her Tongue
― Blood on Her Tongue
“There is one thing I’d like to ask of you,” I started. “One small favor.”
“Anything.” He said it immediately, unconditionally.
“Will you stay with me till the end comes? Will you sit with me in the dark?”
― The Thirteenth Child
“Anything.” He said it immediately, unconditionally.
“Will you stay with me till the end comes? Will you sit with me in the dark?”
― The Thirteenth Child
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