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Quote by Lilith Saintcrow

“And you know, I believed him. What girl wouldn't?”

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Lilith Saintcrow is an American author born in 1976. Her works span across multiple genres including fantasy, horror, and science fiction, known for her unique style and profound narrative skills. more

“It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.”

Way Sometimes Moments Feelings Pain Next Loss Grief Week Periods Aging Painful Senses Tricks Realization Knees Unexpected Rip Protective

Book:Morning is a long time coming

Source: Morning is a long time coming

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”

Inspiration Education Laughter Assuming Individuality Celebrate Belonging Atoms Leaves Of Grass

Author:Walt Whitman

“Do you guess I have some intricate purpose? Well I have, for the Fourth-month showers have, and the mica on the side of a rock has.”

Wells Purpose Sides Rocks Months Fourth Showers Intricate

Book:Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

Source: Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

“I am too not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”

World Bits Sound Roof Leaves Of Grass Barbaric Tamed

Author:Walt Whitman

“If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.”

Ifs Giving Dies

Book:A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

Source: A Wrinkle in Time Trilogy

“I know the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist, and the night can be a dreadful time for lonely people once their loneliness has started.”

People Knows Different Night Loneliness Arms All Things Lonely Lonely People Farewell To Arms

Book:A Farewell to Arms

Source: A Farewell to Arms

“It's disgusting, but my father taught me when your mouth gets dry, just suck the sweat out of your own jersey. There's no bravado to any of it; it's just a disgusting little trick.”

Littles Father Taught Mouths Tricks Dry Sweat Disgusting Jersey Bravado

Author:Kobe Bryant

“I distrust pious phrases, especially when they issue from my mouth. I try militantly never to be affected by the pious language of the faithful but it is always coming out when you least expect it. In contrast to the pious language of the faithful, the liturgy is beautifully flat.”

Trying Language Issues Mouths Faithful Phrases Flats Affected Coming Out Contrast Distrust Pious Liturgy

Author:Flannery O'Connor

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