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1 " Fire and water, logic and reason—those footholds of reality that you mortals hold so near and dear become like so much mist on the plains of the dreamscape. "
― Nenia Campbell , Through a Glass, Darkly (Villain Gets the Girl, #1)
2 " It's like being numb most of the time,” she tried to explain, tried to calm herself down by putting words to feelings. “Everything feels gray, but when I do feel something, it's like I feel it more than most people and it hurts—it hurts me, personally, like the pain was made for me in mind. And suddenly—numb doesn't feel so bad. "
3 " Is that something you fantasize about? Being held down and taken against your will until you come? It's in all the books you asked me to buy for you. Every single one. "
4 " That's why all humans are so afraid to die. Nobody wants to think they don't matter. "
5 " Solus walked over to the young brown-haired man and grabbed him by the front of his shirt, ignoring the look of panic he received in return. "You can call me Solus." His golden eyes trailed meaningfully down the mortal's body before he added, softly, "I've been told it's easier to scream. "
6 " I'm only gilt on the surface. Below that, it's darkness all the way down. "
7 " It's strange, really, how time passes. You don't even notice the world is changing until one day, you look around you and realize that everything around you is different. "
8 " The human body was nothing more than a well-oiled machine that was slowly burning itself out of fuel, ticking along until it returned to the inertia of nonexistence. "
