#ape

To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world. By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something true about the world. This is the consoling function of narrative — the reason people tell stories, and have told stories from the beginning of time. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#escape #escapism #fiction #interpretation #narrative

The town was more than ready to accept the window dressing that hid the ugly truth of Joe's guilt. Some shared the secrets and kept the silence. Others would not have believed if they had been told. They would not have wanted to know. As those who saw and ignored the smoke from the crematoria of Hitler's Germany, they did not want to know that their world was not as it seemed. ↗

— Judith Spencer

#cult #evil #evil-men #hitler #holocaust

I object to that object that’s made of bronze and shaped like my clone. It should be made of gold, and shaped like me.
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— Jarod Kintz

#clone #gold #object #shape #statue

Rape culture is a concept of unknown origin and of uncertain definition; yet it has made its way into everyday vocabulary and is assumed to be commonly understood. The award-winning documentary film Rape Culture made by Margaret Lazarus in 1975 takes credit for first defining the concept ↗

— Joyce E. Williams

#encyclopedia #prison #prison-rape #rape #rape-culture

I can see the headline now: Archangel Busts Were Whisperer. ↗

— Stacy Mantle

#fantasy #nephilim #shapeshifters #urban-fantasy #werewolves

Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute. ↗

— John Wilmot

#rape #sex #virginity #amor

If you’re not good, I’ll burn your—” “Yeah, I know.” MeShack strolled to his bedroom. “You’ll burn my balls off. ↗

— Kenya Wright

#shapeshifters #trolls #urban-fantasy-romance #vampires #witches

His eyes went to predatory mode, following my every movement. The gold flecks in his eyes gleamed. I was going to have to burn him again. I could see it in his eyes. Were-cats and their constant need to poke and bat at things. ↗

— Kenya Wright

#urban-fantasy-series #urban-fantasy

I prescribe a quick jerk off in the shower and a return to sanity. (Dr. Hugo Peralta) ↗

— Kate Richards

#f-m-f #interracial-romance #menage-romance #paranormal-romance #shapeshifter-romance

I know it may come as a shock, but it's sort of considered polite to wait for the consent of the woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if you don't wait, you may have to deal with pesky criminal charges like kidnapping and rape. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #kate #magic-bleeds #rape