I am a commercial writer and I'm proud of that. I am writing things to be put in the bookstore next month. I think it is a mistake to try to write for the ages.
Michael McDowell
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I post quotes @voidmoth likes. Perma-cw for discussion of death, self-harm, mental illness, food, and general discussion of emotional or challenging things in a lyrical manner.
I am obscure to myself. I let myself happen. I unfold only in the now. I am rudely alive.
Clarice Lispector - Agua Viva
I was pretending that I did not speak their language; on the moon we spoke a soft, liquid tongue, and sang in the starlight, looking down on the dead dried world.
Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
One day you will be faced with absolute reality and I promise that I will still love you.