“He couldn’t stand to look at the truth, even now. All they were—all they had ever been—was a pair of sunflowers who each believed the other was the sun.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“He wanted to forget he'd ever yielded to the weakness of wanting anything. He wanted to scrub away any evidence that he existed outside his own head at all—that he was a visible object that anyone else could see and mock and judge.”
― These Violent Delights
― These Violent Delights
“Rich people are fascinated by happiness,” she said. “It’s something they find maddening.”
― If I Had Your Face
― If I Had Your Face
“I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers...”
― Homo Viator: Introduction to the Metaphysic of Hope
― Homo Viator: Introduction to the Metaphysic of Hope
“I wanted to reach out and shake her by the shoulders. Stop running around like a fool, I wanted to say. You have so much and you can do anything you want.
I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face.”
― If I Had Your Face
I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face.”
― If I Had Your Face
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