

“You kiss the back of my legs and I want to cry. Only the sun has come this close, only the sun.”
― Cape Verdean Blues
― Cape Verdean Blues
“our mouths are wounds that speak in tongues of healing.
we say, sacrifice.
we mean, murder.
our lips are red for a reason.”
― Bloodsport
we say, sacrifice.
we mean, murder.
our lips are red for a reason.”
― Bloodsport
“You can have my heart if you have the stomach to take it. Kiss me hard enough to invert me.”
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“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Ronan hadn't known anything about who Adam was then and, if possible, he'd known even less about who he himself was, but as they drove away from the boy with the bicycle, this was how it had begun: Ronan leaning back against his seat and closing his eyes and sending up a simple, inexplicable, desperate prayer to God: Please.”
― Call Down the Hawk
― Call Down the Hawk

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