“Coming home is hard. Going away is easy.”
― Running on Air
― Running on Air
“It's a terrifying feeling.
It's easy to lust after someone, to match their face to a missed heartbeat or a sharp intake of breath. It's easy to say, I want them because of the color of their eyes, the lines of their body.
It's something entirely different to say, I want them because of the way they rest their hands on the steering wheel, the way they gaze out a window, the way they say my name.”
― Running on Air
It's easy to lust after someone, to match their face to a missed heartbeat or a sharp intake of breath. It's easy to say, I want them because of the color of their eyes, the lines of their body.
It's something entirely different to say, I want them because of the way they rest their hands on the steering wheel, the way they gaze out a window, the way they say my name.”
― Running on Air
“He'll miss those trains, if nothing else.
But then again, he only loved them because they were going places.”
― Running on Air
But then again, he only loved them because they were going places.”
― Running on Air
“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“There are many things not called poison which can kill a man,”
― Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories: The Ultimate Collection of Agatha Christie Detective Mystery Tales
― Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories: The Ultimate Collection of Agatha Christie Detective Mystery Tales
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