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Dark Quote by Dan Chaon

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“Writing a short story is a little like walking into a dark room, finding a light and turning it on. The light is the end of the story.”

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“I could see her will leaving and death seeping through her skin to skewer her soul.”

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The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love. And so, wherever our love goes, there we find our soul.

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“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.”

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All comedy comes from a dark place.

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It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.'

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Let death bless me with you.

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