It's strange how deliberate people are after a death. All the indecision suddenly vanishes into clear, defined moments - changing the linens, choosing a dress or a hymn, the washing up, the muttering...
It isn't the bloody weather!I've shocked them into silence. I should stop. Apologize for my outburst. Make amends. Blame the climate. But I cannot. Something in me has given way and it cannot be put b...
Instead, I try to adjust to the dawn, letting the tears fall where they may, because it is morning; it is morning and there is so much to see.
If this were a movie, I would bust a secret move so fierce the entire place would be razed to the ground. I'd finish with something snappy like And don't forget my soda, punk while I strolled off into...
I'm like everyone else in this stupid, bloody, amazing world. I'm flawed. Impossibly so. But hopeful. I'm still me.
I want to ask him if it’s possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?
I have seen what a handful of girls can do. They can hold back an army if necessary, so please don't tell me it isn't possible.
Hold up. How do you have sex with somebody? Adina scoffed. Is she all, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't s ee your penis there'?Tiara squealed and waved her hands. Don't say that word!What? Sorry? Gah! Ti...
He said to tell you to remember your heart in all things, that it is where your honor and your destiny will be found. Does it mean anything to you?'It is something he would say from time to time-that...
God save me from a woman's tears, for I've no strength against them.
For half a second, I consider staying. Maybe I could find that bliss state again. Maybe I could stay here, follow all the rules, be safe always. But as soon as the thought enters my mind, another one...
Evie’s eyes widened. More interesting than dope and sorcery?
Depression is hard to understand, because it is not a consistent state. Depression is rather like a virus, but like a virus, it has its manageable days and its acute, life-threatening flare-ups. You c...
Crepuscular
Creen que me conocen, pero no es así.
Can we really conquer chaos so easily? If that were so, I should be able to prune the pandemonium of my own soul into something neat and tidy rather than this maze of wants and needs and misgivings th...
But this time she’d done everything right and they were leaving her anyway. You couldn’t be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.
But if we are to remain a great empire, we must have a greater understanding of the hearts and minds of others.
But aren't many gardens beautiful because they are imperfect?...aren't the strange, new flowers that arise by mistake or misadventure as pleasing as the well-tended and planned?
Bloody clothing is often a clue that something has gone awry.