

“Death rides on all of our shoulders from the day we are born.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“If your world is out there and you are in here then the only things that will gather within these walls are time and bitterness. Eventually, that bitterness will eat away at you and leave nothing behind but resentment and hate.”
― The Zombie Room
― The Zombie Room

“Then I wanted to sick up the gluey pie I'd had before the start of the evening, But I couldn't stand the sort of veshch, sicking all over the floor, so I held it back.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange

“Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.”
― The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales
― The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales

“Sé que mi familia es así pero este silencio me pesa. Tengo la impresión de tener millones de cosas que decir que, en el fondo, no interesan a nadie. Me viene a la memoria lo que decían los supervivientes de los campos de la última guerra al volver a su hogar: las pesadillas no se cuentan. Los demás no imaginan este género de pesadillas. Se instala, entre ellos y nosotras, una especie de statu quo que parece decir: ‘Estás aquí, se acabó, no hablemos más de ello.”
― For the Love of a Child
― For the Love of a Child
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