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The only way to stop deranged people is to study them first—get under their skin and understand their workings. Only then will you be able to inflict any sort of damage.
If he got the chance, he’d kick the planets and toy with the stars.
Primal Play.
I also don’t believe in the strikes system. People don’t get two or three chances with me. One mistake and they’re out. For good.
Anyone who crosses the line once will do it again if given the chance. It’s forbidden fruit, delayed gratification, and sought-after glorification. If they get one taste, they’ll be compelled to have another. Then another. And another. Until they’re reduced to animals chasing their basic needs. Giving them a chance to get close to the line, let alone cross it, is the epitome of foolishness.
Information is sharper than any weapon, and if you have it in your arsenal, no one will be able to cross you.
As for myself, I’m just glad to get more time away from the world. At least animals show their silent support without judging.
It’s for self-preservation and I’m only choosing my battles.
“Can you explain?” “I can, but I won’t.”
The Cecily I’ve come to know these past few weeks has sensitive hearing. A misophonia of sorts. She can’t handle a lot of noises and uses earplugs to be able to go to sleep.
agalmatophilia
I wear them because the shirt has the quote Nerd? I prefer intellectually superior.
Aren’t you the one who told me loyal men are hard to find and if I stumble upon one, I should keep him?”
What does that mean? Lisichka? Little fox. You looked like one that day at the initiation. You still feel like one with all the cunning.
The writing on it is in big, bold letters. Party person. Not.
Veni, Vidi, Vici. I came. I saw. I conquered.
“Don’t blame yourself for something you can’t control. That’s where vicious ghosts lurk.”
start. I’ll totally kick him in the nuts if he hurts you. He might kill me, but I will have died for a good cause.”
“Mum always told me that once I embrace my scars, I’ll feel more comfortable in my skin. I want to be comfortable in my skin more than anything. I want to stop my head from tormenting me with the past.” A shiver goes through her and
“Everything is a turn-on according to your logic.” “Only when it comes to you. Not my fault you’re the sexiest person alive.”
To say mental struggles are her fault is no different than victim blaming. I understand your issues, and the feelings of abandonment you must’ve had, but you also need to understand that she would’ve stopped it if she could. That, deep down, she was fighting her demons to be able to go back to you, and she eventually succeeded. That’s the part you should celebrate, because it takes a lot of willpower, energy, and strength to fight one’s demons.”
“I’m not a nice man, Cecily. I won’t pretend otherwise, or I’d be doing you and myself a disservice. What I am, however, is someone who’ll slaughter your demons one by one until you’re finally free of them. I’ll touch your scars until you normalize them and can live with them, because they’re part of what makes you who you are.”
He’s a beast, but he’s the beast who breathes life into me.
He’s the beast who’d slaughter the world to pieces just to protect me from it. He’s my beast.
Mum gets me a plaster from the cupboard and puts it on my finger.
She also told me not to blame Mom, because if she’d had the choice, she wouldn’t have become a ghost. And she loved us enough to fight her demons and return to us.”
