“His eyes were downcast and his shoulders were slumped, as if he was trying to take up the least space humanly possible. I began to wonder whose job it was to teach people like him that public spaces were shared spaces, and that he was allowed to take up space.”
― Ten Steps to Nanette
― Ten Steps to Nanette
“But loving somebody isn't perfection and good times and laughing and making love. Love is forgiveness and patience and faith and every once in a while, it's a gut punch. That's why it's a dangerous thing, when you go loving the wrong person. When you love somebody who doesn't deserve it. You have to be with someone that deserves your faith and you have to be deserving of someone else's. It's sacred.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“La luna tampoco llegaba hasta allí, ni las tiranías del sol, no se puede contar la nada. No se puede.”
― La mala costumbre
― La mala costumbre
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