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

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

Simona Panova

Tags: fear imagination truth reality lies romance fantasy lie horror dread mystery paranoia true sacrifice suspense false gothic young-adult problem pretend afraid real nightmare imagine paranoid fake scared fantastic imaginary love-story gothic-romance freya horrified imagined nightmarish cardew nightmarish-sacrifice

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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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Emotions don’t interfere in my acting, nor in my life.

Simona Panova

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And I wasn’t playing a role – I was trying to be myself.
But the harder I was striving, the more I was realizing that I had probably lost that ‘myself’ somewhere between two perfectly performed roles...

Simona Panova

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I always am in a role, lovely – for you, for them – even for myself. Yeah... Even when I’m alone, I am still in a role – and I myself am the most exacting audience I have ever had.

Simona Panova

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On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and her own experience. In troubled families, abuse and neglect are permitted; it's the talking about them that is forbidden.

Marcia Sirota

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