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“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.”
― Conversations With Tennessee Williams
― Conversations With Tennessee Williams
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.”
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“Fireflies were like fairy tales. They appealed to the young, the old, and the imaginative. In a world of detestable insects, these bugs were the exception. They had an adorable way of flying so whimsically despite their butts being on fire.”
― The Wake Up
― The Wake Up
“Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love.
It did not end well.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
It did not end well.”
― Daughter of Smoke & Bone
“Dad?" she said.
"Do you want some coffee?" he asked. "Are you okay?"
She shook her head. No.
"There are only so many hours you can sleep in a stranded vehicle." He glanced at the dashboard of her car, then at the untouched receipt--her receipt--sticking out of the machine a few feet away like a white tongue. "There's only so many times you can try to resurrect the dead. You can sit there all you want but you're not going anywhere. And, stuck as you are, you'll be forced to think about it, forced to wake up at some point, forced to depart or die here.”
― The Wake Up
"Do you want some coffee?" he asked. "Are you okay?"
She shook her head. No.
"There are only so many hours you can sleep in a stranded vehicle." He glanced at the dashboard of her car, then at the untouched receipt--her receipt--sticking out of the machine a few feet away like a white tongue. "There's only so many times you can try to resurrect the dead. You can sit there all you want but you're not going anywhere. And, stuck as you are, you'll be forced to think about it, forced to wake up at some point, forced to depart or die here.”
― The Wake Up
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