avert thy mortal eyes.

gone girl - gillian flynn

“I needed to scream.”

— Margaret Atwood, from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” originally published c. 1985 (via violentwavesofemotion)

“ And I think that’s what a father is / —a blade that never stops cutting. ”

— Desireé Dallagiacomo, from “Origin Story,” Sink
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“ Her throat was serpent, but the words she spake came, as through bubbling honey, ”

— John Keats, from The Complete Poems and Selected Letters; “Lamia,”
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“ He wanted a body
so he took mine. ”

— Mary Oliver, excerpt of “Hum, Hum”, in A Thousand Mornings
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“ Her throat and her hair. Her green witch’s eyes. ”

— Dylan Thomas, from The Collected Stories; “The Holy Six,”
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“ I will kill you and eat you raw. ”

— Achilles (The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller)

“Her presence invokes maddening sensations.”

— Emily Brontë, from The Collected Novels; “Wuthering Heights,”

“ It disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. ”

— Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye (via savagestrap)

“ Touch me and you’ll burn. ”

— Margaret Atwood (via torturezone)