The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil

“Never mind. Point being that you don't have to get too worked up about us, dear…”

“We ate the birds. We ate them. We wanted their songs to flow up through our thr…”

“I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”

“She who weeps when the sun’s in sky, Will never pile the platter high.”