#bid

...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. ↗

— Mark Z. Danielewski

#depressing #morbid #death

Twas something else. I had come to hate her, you see. I had come to wish her dead, and that was what held me back. ↗

— Stephen King

#full-dark-no-stars #morbid #stephen-king #death

DEATH COMES SLOWLY LIKE ANTS TO A FALLEN FIG ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#dying #life #morbid #death

For this alone on Death I wreak The wrath that garners in my heart: He put our lives so far apart We cannot hear each other speak. ↗

— Alfred Tennyson

#death #morbid #tennyson #wrath #death

By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#apple #apple-computer-inc #bible #catholicism #christianity

Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland ↗

— Judith McNaught

#loyalty #mistress #render #dreams

Some people call it the world of dreams, but it is as real as anything else....'" Jenny ↗

— L.J. Smith

#dreams

At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves. ↗

— Tabitha Suzuma

#forbidden #love #separation #love

She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had said - to the consternation of her family - What kind of idiot was Eve, to believe a snake? But now she understood, for she had heard the voice of the snake and had watched as a wise and powerful man had fallen under its spell. Eat the fruit and you can have the desires of your heart. It's not evil, it's noble and good. You'll be praised for it. And it's delicious. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#forbidden-fruit #garden-of-eden #sin #family

Wearing nothing but sweats and a sheer coat of lip gloss, she wiggle through her frosted window and jumped six feet to freedom, feeling more charged than a Visa card at Christmas time. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#excitement #forbidden #sneaking-out #freedom