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“No good could come from a nicotine induced introspection save for the prospect of an early death, something he was not entirely opposed to. In fact, the ambivalence he held for such definitive states, alive and dead, even surprised him. Life wasn’t all it was pumped up to be and death wouldn’t be as nice as people claimed it to be.”

Sadness Indifference Smoking

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“I want to be known, adored, admired, worshiped even. I want to matter. I want a love strong enough to kill me.”

Love Desire Ego Worship

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“...that’s what drew him in the most, not the pristine shine of her auburn hair, not the delicate view of her eyes from across the room, not even the way she brandished that authentic grin. It was her mystery.”

Love Desire Attraction

Book:Still Standing

Source: Still Standing

“...ever since he was young there grew a sense that he did not belong. Somehow, he was not like the others, somehow, he spent his days somewhere else, outside space and outside time, to avoid those around him. Not because he wanted to, he was quite innocent then, but because he was forced to the outside of the circle: ostracized, an outcast. Now even in his older years it haunted him still. He wasn’t like the other students at the university.”

School University Belonging Academia Outsider

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“He wondered when the world would stop punishing him for being himself. Would it ever? The academic hierarchy looked upon him with disdain and distrust, they tossed him around several ways hoping to fix him but it only made him worse, more defiant, more confident in his disobedience.”

School University Belonging Academia

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“The only difference between us is that I don’t pretend to be a saint. I’m a sinner, and a damn good one”

Evil Sin Saint Good

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“He felt the woman he devoted half of his life to slipping through his fingers: the pain lying in his desire for her, but the truth lying in his inability to love her. Sooner or later their sand castle built on beaches of make believe would crumble, washed away by the hungering tide of time and all he could do was watch it vanish, watching her fade out to sea.”

Sadness Loneliness Hopelessness Love Lost

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

“That's how science works. You have to play the game. We need the money, they need the product”

Book:Still Standing

Source: Still Standing

“I’m sorry no one in this world could love you the way you deserved...I’m sorry I wasn’t better”

Love Friendship Regret Apolgies

Book:Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim

Source: Tales of the Sibling Not-So-Grim