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And all the songs sang A tale so dark and true That once day our lady of spring would return To save hell from you
Berries of black stained her lips Cursed by the devil’s wicked fingertips Our lady of death would seek and find To break the curse for souls to bind
My Mortala. My bride. My deathly dark reaper queen. On her way home to me. Her last love. Did they think I’d play fair? I am the devil, after all.
Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things — I’m telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe. Peter Straub, “Magic Terror: 7 Tales”
I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because ‘romantic’ doesn’t mean ‘sugary.’ It’s dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain. Catherine Breillat
The prince of darkness is a gentleman! William Shakespeare
“Dreadful and beautiful, much like you, sweet death, my little terror of decay.”
A spirit of art and madness lurks incessantly beneath the balconies and behind the drapes. It cannot die, and it prevents all from being lost. Albert Camus
We are far too serious, we must learn to juggle our heavens and our hells… the game is playing us, we must play back. Charles Bukowski
Cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew I had begun. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
He stood between my knees, shirtless and broad, before dropping to his knees slowly. “You are the only one I have ever or will ever kneel before.”
“When I’m on my knees for you, my sweet death, I will do anything for you.”
