

“I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.”
― Ariel
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.”
― Ariel

“As at least cruelty was a thing that could be pointed out, confronted. But this belief, this absolute conviction that this evil they were doing was good, was God’s work—how, she wondered, how could such a dark conviction ever be overcome?”
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
― Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

“They had to call and call
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
--From the poem "Lady Lazarus", written 23-29 October 1962”
― Ariel
And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.
--From the poem "Lady Lazarus", written 23-29 October 1962”
― Ariel

“I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”
― Lolita
― Lolita

“Love is a shadow. How you lie and cry after it Listen: these are its hooves: it has gone off, like a horse.”
― Ariel
― Ariel
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