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“Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Succotash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole dipshiitake!”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.”
― Asphodel, That Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.”
― Asphodel, That Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems
“Love me, because love doesn't exist, and I have tried everything that does.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
“I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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