The utter unbroken silence was more appalling than any ominous noise, than the loudest yells of anguish, than the most piercing screaming...
Dead silence.
Literally dead.

Simona Panova

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So, apart from casting runes, what other hobbies do you have? Forbidden rituals, human sacrifices, torturing? –

Simona Panova

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My ghost is the only soul who ever comes to cry on my grave... Only the skies cried sincerely on my funeral.

Simona Panova

Tags: romance soul melancholy sadness death dead crying mystery sacrifice grave gothic young-adult dying graveyard funeral cry nightmare ghost cemetery sincere skies nightmarish odda

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His character would be blamed, loathed, discussed, and adored – but somewhere there, behind his mask of a hero, Cardew would remain faceless.
Anonymous.

Simona Panova

Tags: love hate romance character mystery gothic unknown hero young-adult pretend mask hide blame adore pretending behind heroic loved anonymous discuss loathe masked cardew adored blamed discussed faceless loathed

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I was recently living more comfortably surrounded by secrets... Like dozens of luxurious satiny pillows, they were embracing me from all directions into safe lulling warmth, thus isolating me from the sharp dead-cold edges of the truth hiding behind their endearingly smooth textures and tender soothing colours.
Secrets could be so irresistibly beautiful...

Simona Panova

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Insane love.
Loving insanity.
Insanity and love...

Simona Panova

Tags: love insanity romantic romance mystery conflict suspense gothic young-adult relationship mysterious beloved loving insane contrast adore like loved gothic-romance goth freya liked cardew adored

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I’d love to try to tame you... And I would simply adore it if you turn out untamable –

Simona Panova

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Paranoia. The more you think of an imaginary problem, the more you feel as though it’s real –

Simona Panova

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Everybody is equally weak on the inside, just that some present their ruins as new castles and become kings –

Simona Panova

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The desperate piercing scream of horror echoed far above the sharpened tops of the trees wrapped in thin obsidian-transparent mist, and I startled jerkily, tripping again, and almost collapsed onto the cold moist ground.

Simona Panova

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