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“Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushed rhythmically from my open wound,
then from my eyes,
my ears,
my mouth.
It tasted like salt and failure. The bright red shame of being unloved soaked the grass in front of our house, the bricks of the path, the steps of the porch. My heart spasmed among the peonies like a trout.”
― We Were Liars
then from my eyes,
my ears,
my mouth.
It tasted like salt and failure. The bright red shame of being unloved soaked the grass in front of our house, the bricks of the path, the steps of the porch. My heart spasmed among the peonies like a trout.”
― We Were Liars
“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“Do you think that everyone gets to be a star like that? Do you think that everyone gets to be seen? Gets to be loved? Gets to glow? They don't. They don't get to do it like you did. They don't get to be as beautiful as you were. And you just wanted to burn up.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
― Love Letters to the Dead
“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“[...] He plays the guitar so well, you wouldn't believe it. But he doesn't have a band. And he doesn't try really hard to get one. He mostly plays alone in his room instead. That's what Kristen says.
I think he does this for the same reason Hannah doesn't turn in her work when the teachers say she is smart.
I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
I think he does this for the same reason Hannah doesn't turn in her work when the teachers say she is smart.
I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
― Love Letters to the Dead
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Taylor’s 2025 Year in Books
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