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touch each other. We do this because sometimes Father wants to give me a hug, but I do not like hugging people so we do this instead, and it means that he loves me.
“Good luck comes at a price. Bad luck is free.”
― I Must Betray You
― I Must Betray You
“How could we expect others to feel our pain or hear our cries for help when all we could do was whisper?”
― I Must Betray You
― I Must Betray You
“It's like the older you get the more you forget that you can change things.
Which is stupid because adults have money. Which means you can afford to buy a sledgehammer and break down the room you're stuck in.
Kids don't have sledgehammer money ... [sic.]”
― On a Sunbeam
Which is stupid because adults have money. Which means you can afford to buy a sledgehammer and break down the room you're stuck in.
Kids don't have sledgehammer money ... [sic.]”
― On a Sunbeam
“An old woman is fast asleep when she hears a knock at the door.
Who is it? she whispers, terrified.
It is death, the voice answers.
Oh, good. I thought it might be the Securitate.”
― I Must Betray You
Who is it? she whispers, terrified.
It is death, the voice answers.
Oh, good. I thought it might be the Securitate.”
― I Must Betray You
“Do you hear me?
Reciting jokes
Laughing to hide the tears of truth
That we are denied the present
With empty promises
Of an emptier future.”
― I Must Betray You
Reciting jokes
Laughing to hide the tears of truth
That we are denied the present
With empty promises
Of an emptier future.”
― I Must Betray You
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