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“Why do we smile? Why do we laugh? Why do we feel alone? Why are we sad and confused? Why do we read poetry? Why do we cry when we see a painting? Why is there a riot in the heart when we love? Why do we feel shame? What is that thing in the pit of your stomach called desire?”
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
― Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
“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
“All I will say is that you show up for your friends on their hardest days. And you hold their hand through the roughest parts. Life is about who is holding your hand and, I think, whose hand you commit to holding.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“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
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