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“know that when I die somebody’s going to sell my flesh on the black market, one of my awful distant relatives. That’s why I smoke and drink, so I taste bitter and no one gets any pleasure out of my death.” She takes a quick drag and says, “Today I’m the butcher, tomorrow I might be the cattle.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“There is something about her he'd like to break”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“Naming children after their parents is stripping them of an identity, reminding them who they belong to.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“I don't get why a person's smile is considered attractive. When someone smiles, they're showing their skeleton.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“He tried to hate all of humanity for being so fragile and ephemeral but he couldn't keep it up because hating everyone is the same as hating no one.”
― Cadáver exquisito
― Cadáver exquisito
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