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“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning.”
― Drowning Instinct
― Drowning Instinct

“Nobody wanted your dance,
Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering
Drowning life and your effort to save yourself,
Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil,
Looking for something to give.”
― Birthday Letters
Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering
Drowning life and your effort to save yourself,
Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil,
Looking for something to give.”
― Birthday Letters

“I went down to the river,
I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.”
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I set down on the bank.
I tried to think but couldn't,
So I jumped in and sank.”
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“«And in the end» said the witch to the drowning prince «You've been the one choosing the thornless path in spite of knowing where it could lead. The one who afraid of the pricking roses, plunged himself into an abyss without petals”
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“Sleep heavily and know that I am here with you now. The past is gone, and cannot harm you anymore. And while the future is fast coming for you, it always flinches first and settles in as the gentle present. This now, this us? We can cope with that. We can do this together. You and I, drowsily, but comfortably.”
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