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“Man konnte über Jahre in der schlechten Gesellschaft einer Frage leben, man konnte sich von ihr ausnehmen lassen, und dann verschwand sie in einer einzigen Bewegung, in einem einzigen Moment eines Hochschreckens.”
― Was man von hier aus sehen kann
― Was man von hier aus sehen kann
“Mungo looked both up and down the hill, and then he kissed James quickly on the lips. It was like hot buttered toast when you were starving. It was that good.”
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“Vielleicht wird nichts verlangt von uns, während wir hier sind, als ein Gesicht leuchtend zu machen, bis es durchsichtig wird.”
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“I wonder if maybe all you do is meet people & lose them & your smile fades the further you go because you have to carry the space they leave. Maybe it all turns to old pictures on a bookshelf, engaged rings, memories of sticking stars to a ceiling & maybe the space gets bigger & heavier every year.”
― The People We Keep
― The People We Keep
“Waves of loveliness ebbed over him followed by waves of shame. They came like Jodie alternating the hot and cold taps and trying to balance a bath with him already in it. This time, though, he couldn't pull his legs to his chest and escape it, he would be burned or he would be chilled as it happened. There was no pulling way.
(Young Mungo)”
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(Young Mungo)”
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