la tristesse durera toujours

               here, eat this. it’ll help. it’s all right. it’s chocolate!

I’ll teach the lot, and treat them just the same…

You brave, brave man.

the girl gave off an aura of distinct dottiness.

there is nothing I wouldn’t do anymore…

HELLO, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND—it lingered at the edges of his mind, just shy of pulling him under but almost refusing to take him. To grant him the mercy of nothingness for however long the sandman permitted it. To leave him to his eternal rest, far beyond the painful influence of depression and guilt. — excerpt taken from chapter 3 of BOUND BY A TIMELESS CODE.

“I have been dead for seven years.”

“The Flowers of Evil was published 25 June 1857 by Auguste Poulet-Malassis and Eugène de Broise. Before signing off on the final print, Baudelaire worked and reworked his poems. He broke with the text, rectified it, and solicited his editor’s advice, working himself towards the brink of exhaustion.”

“The Kiss” statue .. Vienna, Austria.

is this real? or has this been happening inside my head?

The villagers heard the noise and the screaming and thought they were hearing particularly violent spirits.

  There are all kinds of courage.. It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies,                                        but just as much to stand up to our friends.