“I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.”
― Invisible Monsters
― Invisible Monsters
“There's nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything precious can slip from the hinges where you've hung it so careful.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
― The Secret Life of Bees
“The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at sometime, and because it seemed romantic to me I have remembered the incident ever since.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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