"being made a human
without the possibility of BEING human
the cruellest of all punishments"
One evening I seated Beauty on my knees. And I found her bitter. And I cursed her.
I armed myself against justice.
I fled. O Witches, O Misery, O Hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted!
I contrived to purge my mind of all human hope.
On all joy, to strangle it, I pounced with the stealth of a wild beast.
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