“It’s a weird phrase in English, in love, like it’s a sea you drown in or a town you live in. You don’t get to be in anything else—in friendship or in anger or in hope. All you can be in is love.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“And I wanted it, for his gaze to fix me to the world I felt only halfway inside of.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“a Fernanda no le habría importado la lluvia, porque al fin de cuentas toda la vida había sido para ella como si estuviera lloviendo”
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“The worst part of being truly alone is you think about all the times you wished that everyone would just leave you be. Then they do, and you are left being, and you turn out to be terrible company.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I can’t lose the thing I’ve held onto for so long, you know?” My face twists up from the pain of pushing it out. “I just really need it to be a love story, you know? I really, really need it to be that.”
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― My Dark Vanessa
“I know,” she says.
“Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it”? I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.”
― My Dark Vanessa
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