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“Humans don’t need to decorate themselves in gory make-up and fake blood to be scary. It’s the insides of us—the darkness that lurks beneath the surface—that’s what’s truly fucking terrifying.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“I'll be seeing you soon, little mouse.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“Mm,” he growls in delight. “Here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to allow you the opportunity to run and hide. If I find you, then I will deliver your punishment. If I don’t, you go unpunished and I will leave.”
― H.D. Carlton, Haunting Adeline

“It avoids rather than hurts, it hurts rather than maims, it maims rather than kills — the staff does not destroy.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone