“These were his friends, and his mother was wrong: they weren’t bad friends. Maybe, he thought, there aren’t any such things as good friends or bad friends—maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you’re hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they’re always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for, too, if that’s what has to be. No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.”
― It
― It
“¿Quién puede entender los mil hilos que unen las almas de los hombres y el alcance de sus palabras?”
― Nada
― Nada
“Entonces fue cuando empecé a darme cuenta de que se aguantan mucho mejor las contrariedades grandes que las pequeñas nimiedades de cada día.”
― Nada
― Nada
“You had every intention of being depressed forever, but as it turns out, there's work to be done, meals to eat, movies to see, errands to run. You meant to be in ruins permanently, your misery a monument, a gash across the cold hard earth, but honestly, who has the time for that? Instead, you survived - apparently, you both did - and things are shockingly okay.”
― Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories
― Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories
“You’re growing old together,” she said to me. “You and what frightens you.”
― Fierce Attachments
― Fierce Attachments
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