was more sensitive about my future than I was about my past; I stored more of myself there. In my life, it was as if I was the captain of a magnificent ship but was somehow, always, at this moment, just this one perpetual moment, in a
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“If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with it. Withdrawal can be a terrible thing when it keeps us awake at night, and watching others forget us sooner than we'd want to be forgotten is no better. We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste! (p. 225)”
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“How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts, and our bodies are only given to us once. Most of us can't help but live as if we have 2 lives, one is the mock up, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and as for your body. There comes a point when no one looks at it very much, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
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