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“You can’t ‘delete’ a human you love. I’m not a picture on your phone,” I said, sitting back in my chair and rubbing my eyes with the heels of my palms.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“Fine, MyFace. All of those websites that make you obsess over ‘who you are’ and how to explain it to everyone. You don’t need to explain it to everyone all the time! In our day, ‘who you are’ was just the thing that happened when you got out of bed and got on with the day.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“They weren’t ready to be adults, to make any choices, let alone promises. They preferred a relationship to be virtual and speculative, because when it was virtual and speculative, it could be perfect. Their girlfriend didn’t have to be human. They didn’t have to think about plans or practicalities, they weren’t burdened with the concern of another person’s happiness.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“Do you think we’d ever be friends if we met now?” “No, I don’t think so.” “Me neither.” “Sort of magic, isn’t it? To know that we could meet the most exciting person in the world, but they’d never be able to recreate the history you and I have. What a unique superpower we have over each other.”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
“Do the transgressions of the artist undermine the pleasure to be found in the art?”
― Ghosts
― Ghosts
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