“What if one happens to be possessed of a heart that can’t be trusted—? What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Maybe the one had to be lost for the others to be found?”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“As long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing best I know how.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“small, everyday things can lift us out of despair. But nobody can do it for you. You’re the one who has to watch for the open door.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“I don’t think doing a difficult thing and being happy are mutually exclusive, Gabriel. I think you could both have some of the things you want, if you’re brave enough to ask for them.”
― Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
― Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
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