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“For this moment, this one moment, we are together. I press you to me. Come, pain, feed on me. Bury your fangs in my flesh. Tear me asunder. I sob, I sob.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
“She who loves roses must be patient and not cry out when she is pierced by thorns.”
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“You may
blame Aphrodite
soft as she is
she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy”
―
blame Aphrodite
soft as she is
she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy”
―
“Do you take pride in your hurt? Does it make you seem large and tragic? ...Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”
― East of Eden
― East of Eden
“I want to say something but shame
prevents me
yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
prevents me
yet if you had a desire for good or beautiful things
and your tongue were not concocting some evil to say,
shame would not hold down your eyes
but rather you would speak about what is just”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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