“In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I’m not.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Quick, make a wish.
Take a (second or third or fourth) chance.
Remake the world.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
Take a (second or third or fourth) chance.
Remake the world.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
“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
“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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