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1 " Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. Norman Cousins "
― Jade West , Bait
2 " I smile because someone found me in the darkness and didn’t try to switch the light on. "
3 " His eyes eat me up but I hold mine firm. The darkness there takes my breath. My demons wave at his, and I swear they wave back. I feel the ghost of a shiver up my spine. My whole body wants him to wrestle me into his truck and drive me away. “Goodbye, Cinderella,” he says and my heart stutters. "
4 " The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. Vincent Van Gogh "
5 " Insanity is knowing that what you’re doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can’t stop it. Elizabeth Wurtzel "
6 " Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. Stephen King "
7 " I smile because a stranger asked a simple question, and then he heard me. "
8 " He’s tugging my soul from the depths and holding tight. He’s whispering in every dark corner of my mind. "
9 " There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton "
10 " I’ve cried, and you’d think I’d be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life. Conor Oberst "
11 " It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll "
12 " We get stronger at the broken places, "
13 " And I guess it’s true enough that a monster really can be a gentleman. After all, I already learned the hard way that a gentleman really can be a monster. "
14 " Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. Elvis Presley "
15 " Even a monster can be a gentleman,” he says. "
16 " I guess sometimes it’s the confession itself that provides the most solace. It’s by letting our demons free that we’re able to see that they’re not really demons at all, just scared children hoping to be loved. "
17 " The other part has my palm straining around the monster I just sent her a picture of. The angle didn’t hold anything back – the ladder of barbells on the underside of my cock glinting in metallic horror. The ridges are thick. Threatening.I don’t need any special camera effects to big up the scale. It’s no illusion that sees this weapon of hard flesh and steel towering high above my bellybutton. My hands are big, but they don’t look it, not as my fingers stretch around the girth.Mariana said Christmas had come early when I first dropped my pants.Uittreksel van: Jade, West. 'Bait.' iBooks. "
18 " It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain "
19 " Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. Matthew Arnold "
20 " I think of all the people I’ve neglected in my own misery. "
