Darkness Quote by Tillie Cole

““Could I contain the darkness that always walked with me, beneath my skin, ever ready to be freed? The monster that they made me””

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“Your eyes remained haunted. Seeing something in the world that your mirth can not dissolve.” I”

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“We all bore scars, whether on the outside or in.”

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“I leaned into her hand. Twenty-six years old and a single touch was gonna make me blow in my jeans.”

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“I came to college to study, Cass, not to whore myself out to drunken frat boys!” She gaffawed. “Whatever, darlin’, you won’t be thinking…

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“Then I’m the first, because I want you without anything in return. Why does any human want anyone? My body recognises you as something…

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“As special as special can be”

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“May the devil be firmly on your side”

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“He should hate me. I was never giving her back. I was keeping her . . . forever”

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