S.T. Abby

I thought love would rip my heart out.

I thought it would set me on fire.

Instead, it turned me into ice.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Falling in love? It’s the end of a girl like me.

Never contract friendship with a man who is not better than thyself.

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

The superior man is aware of righteousness; the inferior man is aware of advantage.

—Confucius

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

—Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

—Confucius

I jog upstairs, head into my secret room, and touch the apple on my desk. It’s a wax apple, brilliantly red, and there are seven nails sticking out of it. Still many more to go.

There’s a certain high you get from fooling the world into thinking you’re the lamb instead of the rabid wolf.