Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
How is it possible to live? Life is so hard?___ou must be harder than life, Firdaus. Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.___ut you are not hard, Sharifa, so how do you manage to live?___ am hard, terribly hard, Firdaus.___o, you are gentle and soft.___y skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite deadly.___ike a snake?___es, exactly like a snake. Life is a snake. They are the same, Firdaus. If the snake realises you are not a snake, it will bite you. And if life knows you have no sting, it will devour you.
Woman at Point Zero
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How is it possible to live? Life is so hard?___ou must be harder than life, Firdaus. Life is very hard. The only people who really live are those who are harder than life itself.___ut you are not hard, Sharifa, so how do you manage to live?___ am hard, terribly hard, Firdaus.___o, you are gentle and soft.___y skin is soft, but my heart is cruel, and my bite deadly.___ike a snake?___es, exactly like a snake. Life is a snake. They are the same, Firdaus. If the snake realises you are not a snake, it will bite you. And if life knows you have no sting, it will devour you.
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