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Leggere Lolita a Teheran

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May 31, 2026 01:26AM

“She looked at him with so much love that I had to turn away. At least I know what love looks like, I told myself. That's something. No one had ever looked at me like that, but I'd be able to recognize it if they ever did.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“These days, loneliness is the new cancer—a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“But, by careful observation from the sidelines, I’d worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things they don’t find very funny, do things they don’t particularly want to, with people whose company they don’t particularly enjoy. Not me. I had decided, years ago, that if the choice was between that or flying solo, then I’d fly solo. It was safer that way.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“You’ve made me shiny, Laura,” I said. I tried to stop it, but a little tear ran down the side of my nose. I wiped it away with the back of my hand before it could dampen the ends of my new hair. “Thank you for making me shiny.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“Maman, j'ai essayé de comprendre ta jalousie, et en guise de gratitude, tu ouvres devant moi le gouffre dans lequel tu es tombée, à croire que tu cherches à m'y faire chuter, mais tu n'y réussiras pas, maman, je refuse de devenir comme toi, et je peux te dire que sans même y être tombée, rien que de sentir l'appel de ce gouffre, j'ai si mal que je pourrais hurler, c'est comme la morsure du vide, maman, je comprends ta souffrance mais ce que je ne comprends pas, c'est ton peu d'égards pour moi, en vérité tu ne cherches pas à partager ton mal avec moi, cela t'est juste égal que je souffre, tu ne le vois pas, c'est le dernier de tes soucis et c'est cela le pire.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Frappe-toi le cœur

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