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“That’s what people never understand: They see us hard little pretty things, brightly lacquered and sequin-studded, and they laugh, they mock, they arouse themselves. They miss everything. You see, these glitters and sparkle dusts and magicks? It’s war paint, it’s feathers and claws, it’s blood sacrifice.”
― Megan Abbott, Dare Me

“The best artists, they are like this. You don’t shock just to shock. You create beauty, you create art. You don’t do it for attention.”
― Robinne Lee, The Idea of You

“When you have nothing inside you, you feel everything more, and feel you can control all of it.”
― Megan Abbott, Dare Me

“We are never deceived,” she says, her voice deep and ringing. “We deceive ourselves.”
― Megan Abbott, Dare Me