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“Sometimes being human sucks.”

Quote by Melissa Marr

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Melissa Marr, born on July 25, 1972, is an American author known for her works in fantasy and young adult literature. more

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“[Keenan] 'What am I going to do?' He sank to the floor. [Donia] 'Hope that some of us are kinder to you than you've been to us,' she whispered. Then, before she could soften again, she walked away and left the Summer King kneeling in her foyer.”

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“It meant nothing to him any longer, only a faint tinge of sadness--and somewhere within him, a drop of pain moving briefly and vanishing, like a raindrop on the glass of a window, its course in the shape of a question mark.”

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“The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo.”

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“The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.”

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“There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper.”

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Book:The Great Return: Machen's Collection

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“It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they've won a lot of money. And then do what you've done to me.”

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“Hello toes," I say. They're good toes. I like that they're long and slender and not the slightest bit stubby. I wiggle them, ten unstubby waves that say, "And hello to you, Human Host!" Except they're toes. I'm talking to my toes. Maybe I'm not bored... maybe I'm lonely?”

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“I was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.”

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“There's lots of things you don't know. All kinds of strange things . . . mostly they happened before we were born: that makes them seem to me so much more real.”

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