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“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“if you want to enjoy the rewards of being loved, you also have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.”
― I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
― I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
“You can never really know someone completely. That’s why it’s the most terrifying thing in the world, really—taking someone on faith, hoping they’ll take you on faith too. It’s such a precarious balance, It’s a wonder we do it at all. And yet..”
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“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“I wanted to explain myself to myself in an understandable way. I gave shape to my fears and made excuses. I varied my velocities, watched myselves sleep. Something's not right about what I'm doing but I'm still doing it-- living in the worst parts, ruining myself. My inner life is a sheet of black glass. If I fell through the floor I would keep falling.
The enormity of my desire disgusts me.”
― War of the Foxes
The enormity of my desire disgusts me.”
― War of the Foxes
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