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Lilian
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“And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can do. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes a point where simply no more will be absorbed.”
― The Little Stranger
― The Little Stranger
“Her quickness of mind was like a hiss, a dart, a lethal bite.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“This hole in my heart is in the shape of you. No one else can fit it. Why would I want them to?”
― Written on the Body
― Written on the Body
“There was something unbearable in the things, in the people, in the buildings, in the streets that, only if you reinvented it all, as in a game, became acceptable. The essential, however, was to know how to play, and she and I, only she and I, knew how to do it.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“There's a Spanish proverb," he said, "that's always fascinated me. "Take what you want and pay for it, says God.'" "I don't believe in God," Daniel said, "but that principle seems, to me, to have a divinity of its own; a kind of blazing purity. What could be simpler, or more crucial? You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and that you will have to pay it.”
― The Likeness
― The Likeness
Lilian’s 2025 Year in Books
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