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When you’re a kid, they tell you stories of monsters hiding under your bed or in the dark. They don’t tell you of the very real human ones. Those who prey on people weaker than them, or even the monsters that hide within ourselves.
“You’re the mountain I build my castle on, brick by brick,” she whispered to him, her eyes stinging. “You stand, I soar. You crack, I crumble.”
― Gothikana
― Gothikana
“This will last until the day roses on my grave stop sharing roots with the roses on yours,” he declared. “I will have you even in death, little witch. I am your beast. I am your madness. And you, you’re my afterlife.”
― Gothikana
― Gothikana
“If this is madness,” she whispered almost against his lips, “drown me in it.”
― Gothikana
― Gothikana
“If this woman tacked the word “please” onto any request, he would find a way to fulfill it. Build me a palace, please. How many floors, baby?”
― It Happened One Summer
― It Happened One Summer
“I’ll love you until my heart gives out. I’ll be your man for a thousand years. Longer if I’m allowed.”
― It Happened One Summer
― It Happened One Summer
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