“Love is not a state of enthusiasm. It's a verb. It implies action, demonstration, ritual, practices, communication, expression. It's the ability to take responsibility of one's own behavior. Responsibility is freedom.”
― Conversations on Love
― Conversations on Love
“Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”
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“With the coffee in front of her, she closed her eyes, and inhaled deeply. It was her moment of happiness.”
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
― Before the Coffee Gets Cold
“Because when you like who you are when you are with another person, you realize how important it is to be around people who make you feel that way. They reflect your goodness back to you, and you know you’ve got it.”
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
― Conversations on Love: Lovers, Strangers, Parents, Friends, Endings, Beginnings
“Sometimes you need people to be perfect and they can’t be and you hate them forever for not being even though it isn’t their fault and it’s not yours either. You just needed something they didn’t have in them to give you.”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
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