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“Dan thought of love as defined by books, cobwebbed and hidden from view by the past. Too bad a love like that didn't actually exist. In the twentieth century one had to fake it.”
― Closer
― Closer
“Isn't it funny. I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than I ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need it. Love humiliates you, but Hatred cradles you.”
― White Oleander
― White Oleander
“I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
― The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
“I like flat black. It doesn't try to explain anything, and it's been hip since before I was born, I guess.”
― Closer
― Closer
“Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
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