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world. But then, the Devil once told me that it’s easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.
“River stretched. He wiggled his toes in the fading sun, and smiled. "Violet, Violet. You curl up next to me, nap, and leave. What is this, some sort of one-nap stand?" He smiled. "Screw the movie. Get back over here.”
― Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
― Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
“Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
“It was better that he was gone, better that he was out of my life. I knew that, logically. What I felt, though, deep, deep down in the darkest dark of my heart, was that I didn't give a damn if River was evil. I still liked him. Maybe I even kind of loved him.”
― Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
― Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
“Goodbye, darling, would I could leave you with something, some little thing...'
'You leave me with all I'll ever need,' she said softly. There was resignation in her voice. 'You leave me with some hours that other women must make up or read about in stories.”
― Violin
'You leave me with all I'll ever need,' she said softly. There was resignation in her voice. 'You leave me with some hours that other women must make up or read about in stories.”
― Violin
“And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we admire and want to help along. And we'll want to call it envy, because to call it regret would break our hearts.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
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