“the courage it took to get out of bed each
morning
to face the same things
over and over
was
enormous.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
morning
to face the same things
over and over
was
enormous.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“Never marry at all, Dorian. Men marry because they are tired, women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
“Do you think I'm wonderful? she asked him one day as they leaned against the trunk of a petrified maple. No, he said. Why? Because so many girls are wonderful. I imagine hundreds of men have called their loves wonderful today, and it's only noon. You couldn't be something that hundreds of others are.”
― Everything Is Illuminated
― Everything Is Illuminated
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