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“I always think of a passage from the Symposium, this allegory about people who started off as two halves of a whole, but then something cut them apart, and they spend their whole lives looking for their other half so they can fit themselves back together. And that's how it feels, it hurts, it's like I lost you before I was born.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“If I have to deal with one more person today, I'll fucking kill myself."
Paul almost snapped at him, but he didn't want to explain why the threat made him feel sick. Instead he said, very quietly, "I can leave."
"Don't be dumb," said Julian, "you don't count.”
― These Violent Delights
Paul almost snapped at him, but he didn't want to explain why the threat made him feel sick. Instead he said, very quietly, "I can leave."
"Don't be dumb," said Julian, "you don't count.”
― These Violent Delights
“Paul hated the look of his own bare wrists, with their shining blue veins and the skin stretched
too thin to hold them in place. They reminded him that his body was a thing that could be taken apart.”
― These Violent Delights
too thin to hold them in place. They reminded him that his body was a thing that could be taken apart.”
― These Violent Delights
“I kill them because they're beautiful, and it's the only way I can keep them.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“It always makes me a little sad when you laugh," Julian went on. "The way it sort of takes you by surprise. I love it, it has that sweet sincerity that's the best part of you, but it still kills me how you never seem to expect it. All I want to do is make you happy, and you're the unhappiest person I've ever met.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
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