I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

Janet Fitch
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  1. Isn't it funny. I'm enjoying my hatred so much more than i ever enjoyed love. Love is temperamental. Tiring. It makes demands. Love uses you, changes its mind. But hatred, now, that's something you can use. Sculpt. Wield. It's hard, or soft, however you need...

  2. Don't turn over the rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.

  3. Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. If you expect to find people who...

  4. And if there is no god? You act as if there is, and it's the same thing.

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