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“Tapping a little bell, I leaned on the desk and turned to look at a small, traditionally decorated Christmas tree on a table near the entranceway. It was complete with shiny, egg-fragile bulbs; miniature candy canes; flat, laughing Santas with arms wide; a star on top nodding awkwardly against the delicate shoulder of an upper branch; and colored lights that bloomed out of flower-shaped sockets. For some reason this seemed to me a sorry little piece.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Nightmare Factory

“Isn't there someone kind enough to come strangle me in my sleep?”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa

“...home lies in the things you carry with you everywhere and not the ones that tie you down.”
― Pico Iyer, The Man Within My Head

“When you are lying in bed angry with your backs turned towards each other, imagine Satan sleeping in the space between you.”
― Mark Driscoll, Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, & Life Together