“Promises are easy to make. [...] They speak of a defined future to which you are required to adhere. They commit you beyond the length of your experience.
What they do is take away possibility.
Promises are the opposite of hope.”
― When We Were Animals
What they do is take away possibility.
Promises are the opposite of hope.”
― When We Were Animals
“I’m going to fuck you until you fall apart...dissolve in my fingers. Then I’ll soothe your shattered soul and stitch you back together until everything has new meaning and Cairo is the only word you have for pleasure, remember?”
― Freakshow
― Freakshow
“I carry the universe in my house of flesh, I will love you until the last star burns out and the heavens descend into darkness.”
― Freakshow
― Freakshow
“How come you forget English when you swear?”
― Swarm
― Swarm
“Sometimes we are mysteries to ourselves.”
― When We Were Animals
― When We Were Animals
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