The Hellbound Heart: A Novel
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Started reading June 27, 2025
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The seasons long for each other, like men and women, in order that they may be cured of their excesses.
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Everything tires with time, and starts to seek some opposition, to save it from itself.
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She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.
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The flawlessly beautiful were flawlessly happy, weren’t they? To Kirsty this had always seemed self-evident. Tonight, however, the alcohol made her wonder if envy hadn’t blinded her. Perhaps to be flawless was another kind of sadness.
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She might well regret this tomorrow, but tomorrow would have to take care of itself. For tonight, she was flying.
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If nothing was worth living for it followed, didn’t it, that there was nothing worth dying for either.