“...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“I know the thought of confronting your past terrifies you. It terrifies every man. But sometimes we don't do it for ourselves. We do it for the people we love more than ourselves.”
― Ugly Love
― Ugly Love
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Rejection, I have found, can be the only antidote to delusion.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
“Nothing seemed really real. Sleeping, waking, it all collided into one gray, monotonous plane ride through the clouds. I didn't talk to myself in my head. There wasn't much to say. This was how I knew the sleep was having an effect: I was growing less and less attached to life. If I kept going, I thought, I'd disappear completely, then reappear in some new form. This was my hope. This was my dream.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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