“Rejection, I have found, can be the only antidote to delusion”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering.”
― When You Reach Me
― When You Reach Me
“The notion of my future suddenly snapped into focus: it didn't exist yet.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean. It's like how turning on a light makes you realize how dark the room had gotten. And the way you usually act, the things you would have normally done, are like these ghosts that everyone can see but pretends not to.”
― When You Reach Me
― When You Reach Me
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