Abuse Quote by Shelley Taylor

“Given a long enough time, of course, a wide enough frame, there is nothing said or done, ever, that isn't ironic in the end.”

— Gregory Maguire

“In the laughter of soul, the century-old agony is freed, like petals loosened in spring.”

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

“This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air grows thick with dreams and…

— Diana Gabaldon

“each twist of the round spun deeper, because here, Bullet, here is where the world ends, every time.”

— Brian Turner

“What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since whatever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapors rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite…

— Jack Vance

“Before long the formed into a circle, and neither of them could imagine being a straight line again, caught in the loneliness of blunt…

— Rita Leganski

“all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating…

— Billy Collins

“Becoming serious was not the same thing as approaching truth, I sensed, however vaguely. But death was a fact, a serious fact, no matter…

— Haruki Murakami

“O all fair lovers about the world, There is none of you, none, that shall comfort me. My thoughts are as dead things, wrecked…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Often the first step in our own resurrection is realizing how dead we really are.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Which was strange, like watching a tangle of loose threads unravel and plait themselves into a single braided cord, stretching ahead into the future.”

— Rosamunde Pilcher

“Death! mysterious, ill-visaged friend of weak humanity! Why alone of all mortals have you cast me from your sheltering fold? Oh, for the peace…

— Mary Shelley