MIGHT BE A SINNER AND I MIGHT BE A SAINT — “oh we’re a mess, poor humans, poor flesh—hybrids of angels and animals, dolls with diamonds stuffed inside them”
VALJA — “her eyes were snake-green with dark lashes, playful and demanding”
PEACE IS A DIRTY WORD— “is the blood on your hands dry? is it slowly disappearing? mine isn’t”
IT IS THE ONLY THING TO DO — “he is witty, graceful, lovely to look at, lovable to be with. he has also ruined my life, so I can’t help loving him — it is the only thing to do”
TOWN OF STRANGENESS — “midnight hours cobble street passages forgotten savages, forgotten savages”
ANGELS OF MUSIC — “i’m very flower-like. i love classical music. i go to ballet and I cry. there’s nothing so beautiful”
SLOW DANCING IN A BURNING ROOM— “it’s time to choose sides now. the stitches or the devouring mouth?”
WHAT WE DO IN PARIS IS SECRET— “all the lust in your lungs, all the sirens in my mouth / unspeakable”
NO EXPRESSION, NO EXPRESSION — “I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted to lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty”
LES SIRÈNES — “you bring the siren note, the lotus-land”
AN ANIMAL / IN YOUR OWN THROAT — “how to dance in blood and remain sane?”
I HOLD YOUR HAND WITH MY EYES — “my longing was ruby-colored. I wore it around my neck, and everything was drunkenness and dance, every day a kind of drowning”
DON’T YOU GO OVERTHINK IT — “i’m chanel winter fall, you’re michael kors at the mall”
I DO A DEATH DANCE / I LAY A SNAKE SKIN — “I was brave, I resisted, I set myself on fire”
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE — “is it poisonous? like all beautiful things, i hope so.”
WE SIT IN EACH OTHER’S SOUL — “it’s not exactly love at first sight. It is more like soul recognition”
NOTHING BURNS — “you laugh like a little girl, and inside you think like a martyr”
IT’S TIME TO TEAR HIS CASTLE DOWN — “remember this feeling. this is the moment you stop being the rabbit”