#eugenides

We couldn't imagine the emptiness of a creature who put a razor to her wrists and opened her veins, the emptiness and the calm. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

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#virgin-suicides #imagination

I am not sure I trust you." "You can trust me with your life, My King." "But not with my wine, obviously. Give it back. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

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#humor #wine #humor

Who was the Thief that she would love him? A youth, just a boy with hardly a beard and no sense at all... A liar, she thought, an enemy, a threat. He was brave, a voice inside her said, he was loyal... A fool, she answered back. A fool and a dead one. She ached with emptiness. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

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#love