“I'll teach Amelia Beauregard a thing or two. - Molly”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“You know the Wicked Witch of Tenth Street? - Ananka's mother, to Principal Wickham”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“Who's Thyrza?" Molly asked.
"What? Oh, some World War II femme fatale. Amelia Beauregard's boyfriend ran away with her."
"That was my grandmother's name.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“You know how to tail people?" I asked.
My mother shrugged and kept her mouth shut, but her devilish smile said everything.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“If we get lucky, it will grow hair.”
― Kirsten Miller, quote from The Darkness Dwellers
“I feel these forbidden thoughts creep in sometimes without warning. Slow thoughts that always start quietly, like whispers you're not even sure you're hearing. And then they get louder and louder until they become every sound in the entire world. Thoughts that can't be undone.
Would anyone care?
Would anyone even fucking notice?
What if one day I just wasn't here anymore?
What if one day it all just stopped?
What if? What if? What if?”
― Amber Smith, quote from The Way I Used to Be
“What is truly terrifying is the exact knowledge of what will come and being unable to save yourself from it. Grabbing”
― Roxane Gay, quote from An Untamed State
“You don't need to talk to someone to know them. All you need to do is watch. See how they carry themselves. See how they treat others.”
― Jennifer Jaynes, quote from Never Smile at Strangers
“Don't show emotion." Kurt Löwe gave his son a rough shake, "Don't you ever show emotion. Tears are weakness. And I won't have any son of mine being weak. You're going to stand here until you top crying.”
― Ryan Graudin, quote from Blood for Blood
“I have to keep going to find out ultimately what is the matter with it in the end.”
― Richard Feynman, quote from Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character
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