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What mirrors we are, set to face each other, reflecting desire.


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You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.

You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.



You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast.

You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast.



And as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad.

And as we watched, the Tsar of Death lifted up his eyelids like skirts and began to dance in the streets of Leningrad.



Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it.



Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.

Just remember that the only question in a house is who is to rule. The rest is only dancing around that, trying not to look it in the eye.



Men die. It's practically what they're for.

Men die. It's practically what they're for.



First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds and the length of an hour.

First, the avid student must be aware that when the world was young it knew only seven things: water, life and death, salt, night, birds and the length of an hour.



In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.

In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.



No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know.

No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know.



I know you loved both he and I, the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough.

I know you loved both he and I, the way a mother can love two sons. And no one should be judged for loving more than they ought, only for loving not enough.





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There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.



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In a way, it is beautiful to be young and hard up. With the right wife, and I had her, deprivation became a game.

In a way, it is beautiful to be young and hard up. With the right wife, and I had her, deprivation became a game.




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This page presents the quote "What mirrors we are, set to face each other, reflecting desire.". Author of this quote is Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless. This quote is about desire, koschei, marya-morevna,.