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“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“All these years, they’ve been like two little plants sharing the same plot of soil, growing around one another, contorting to make room, taking certain unlikely positions.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything,”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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