This is what happens to me, Jo. I trust people and they abuse that trust.
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
why did I trust her; how could I be so foolish; why would she betray me like that?
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
At least madness had power. It did not make her sound puerile, a girl dreaming of fairies and unicorns.
Sarah? She underlined the w
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
This was how she had won before – fighting through the pain. She could do it. She could make her body do anything. She had learnt the hard way.
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
No torture could be more maddening: to hear and not to see; to be powerless while he howled.
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
Death, once conceived, was rapacious. It took all with it.
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 11 dias
Did evil have wants and needs? Surely not, surely that would make it too human.
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 13 dias
what really scares us? It is not things that go bump – or even hiss – in the night. Our fears are much closer than that. We are afraid of the things inside us – be they memories, sickness or sinful urges
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 13 dias
Did people know when they were going insane? she wondered. Did they feel the weave of their mind ripping apart? Or was it like passing into a gentle dream-world?
Sara Hilalfez uma citaçãohá 13 dias
The thunder cracks outside. My fevered imagination hears a cry, rising up from the night. Yet there is nothing, not even a fox outside my window.