“What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the tragedy is.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Anything can feel like punishment if it’s taught poorly.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else’s words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding? An attempt to forge that tenuous link between speaker and listener and communicate something, anything, of substance.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.”
― Circe
― Circe
“He was caught somewhere, in the current--of destroying everything he had, to become all he needed to be”
― Bridge of Clay
― Bridge of Clay
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