Quote by Libba Bray

“The picture of helpless indolence she calls herself sublimely helpless and impotent I had done living I thought Was ever life so like death…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“After misery follow, or are at least promised to in the unwritten manuscripts of Gods, great things. Sometimes, that great thing can be death.”

— Nina

“She is at rest. Peace, peace, she cannot hear, Lyre or sonnet, All my life's buried here, Heap earth upon it.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I cannot live without you, Gwendolyn, nor can I believe the gods have brought us through so much only to tear us apart again.…

— Miriam Minger

“The Goddess spoke to all the dead. She was beloved for it. It seemed she passed on that gift to you. Oh, it taxed…

— Leanna Renee Hieber

“My body is a temple. A temple of decay. Yet I shan't give in to the dismay.”

— Narcissismus Decimus Maximus

“O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!…

— William Shakespeare

“At these words I was utterly stupefied and terror-stricken. I thought to myself, “With what tongue shall I address such majesty, seeing that all…

— Martin Luther

“[From Old Mortality ] ...religion put claws on Aunt Sally and gave her a post to whet them on.”

— Katherine Anne Porter

“Death is a misery.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“You ARE a hero, make peace with the dragon inside you, lest you burn alive.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Miss Temple, perhaps you will demonstrate the proper curtsy for us?" Without ado, Cecily temple, She Who Can Do No Wrong, settles to the…

— Libba Bray