“My martyrdom is not the selfless kind. I can't look at Filippa, shamed by all the injuries I've inflicted- like a man with a bomb strapped to his chest, ready to blow himself up without a thought for the collateral… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“You know, you scare the hell out of me [...] I don't know, it's like, I look at you and suddenly the sonnets make sense.” — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“When it was his turn to speak I watched him closely, uncertain whether he was acting only, or if he and I were both… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“We’re only ever playing fifty percent of a character. The rest is us, and we’re afraid to show people who we really are. We’re… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“For us, everything was a performance.” A small, private smile catches me off guard and I glance down, hoping he won’t see it. “Everything… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“What is more important, that Caesar is assassinated or that he is assassinated by his intimate friends? … That,’ Frederick said, 'is where the… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“It hurts too much to talk about. My teeth ache in my head. I open my mouth to speak, but what comes out instead… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.” — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
“One thing I'm sure Colborne will never understand is that I need language to live, like food—lexemes and morphemes and morsels of meaning nourish… — M.L. Rio Copy Share Image
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