You, " he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

Emilie Autumn
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You, or me, is a terribly real thing in a terribly false world. I think that’s why we are in so much pain. If we can accept that “truth isn’t truth, it’s the way we interpret it” then there is hope for all of us.

Source: The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls

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