The Tattoo
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Suddenly I felt jealous of her ability to cry. I felt like if I could cry, it would make me feel a lot better, it would make my heart grow calmer, the heart that still felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest.

“I will love you like the bonfires, burning flames and dying embers. And then, like the stars, eternal.”
― Beauty and the Goblin King
― Beauty and the Goblin King
“I burned so long so quiet you must have wondered
if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.”
―
if I loved you back. I did, I did, I do.”
―

“Swallow the hurt, swallow the resentment. Hold in as much pain you can. Vomit out everything else.”
― Cloud Cover
― Cloud Cover

“Memory, please fail me.”
― Cloud Cover
― Cloud Cover

“Toilet water on my forehead, like a baby being baptized; I'm christened a mess.”
― Cloud Cover
― Cloud Cover
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