Marriage was like death. You knew it’d happen eventually, but it wasn’t something to dwell on.
“Name one hero who was happy.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“He experienced the singular pleasure of watching people he loved fall in love with other people he loved.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make your real friends. Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.”
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“Friendship was witnessing another’s slow drip of miseries, and long bouts of boredom, and occasional triumphs. It was feeling honored by the privilege of getting to be present for another person’s most dismal moments, and knowing that you could be dismal around him in return.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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