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“I hate now for men to dote in this way, the ones who don't know me. Their praise lands uncertainly in the air somewhere between the two of us, because it doesn't belong to me. I hate to hear them tell me what I am, even or especially when what they think I am is kind or brilliant or beautiful. I hate when they insist that I have no faults, that my laziness or violence or cruelty simply don't exist... I am being made to wear whatever particular fantasy they wish to project”
― Acts of Desperation
― Acts of Desperation
“There is no remedy, no cure, for Love, no drink, no food, no spells to chant, nothing – only kisses and embraces and lying down naked together.”
― Daphnis and Chloe
― Daphnis and Chloe
“Somos esclavos de los dioses, sean lo que sean los dioses.”
― Orestes
― Orestes
“And I've found that men are just frightened boys. God gave you stronger bodies to make up for your weaker spines”
― Where the Lost Wander
― Where the Lost Wander
“Dully, she wondered if this was what heartbreak felt like- looking into the eyes of someone she'd spent her whole life memorizing and finding nothing recognizable left over in their depths.”
― Your Blood, My Bones
― Your Blood, My Bones
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