1879

Now that I have more time to read books again.

This book gives me so much headaches and heartaches. lol

Its story is the complete opposite of a fairy tale.

Yet it is one of the most beautiful thing I've ever read.

How art and poetry can transcend through the test of time,

how it can still live, echo and affect our hearts up to this very day...

It is just simply mind blowing.

It is dark, tormented, cryptic, and all things brilliant.

Or simply because, I am such a sucker for centuty-old love letters. lol

1879

My darling friend,

Your letter touched me greatly and filled me with the pain of having caused you pain, which I see when I read between your brave and selfless lines. Since I sent my letter to you, I have regretted it every moment, fearing that it would not only put hideous images in your head - the ones I must live with myself - but also appear a pitiable bid for sympathy. I am human, and I love you, but I swear neither of these has been my intention. This shame makes me glad that you told me your nightmare, my dear, despite about your reservations about doing so; so this way I can suffer with you in turn..

-Oliver Vignot 

Excerpts from the Swan Thieves