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“Stay away from the ones you love too much. Those are the ones who will kill you.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ We say it when we miss somebody."
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
I sniffed.
"Your place was empty before. But this is your family. You belong here.”
― Darius the Great Is Not Okay
“The world had changed a great deal, but the little rules, contracts and customs had not, which meant the world hadn't actually changed at all.”
― 82년생 김지영
― 82년생 김지영
“How can you say something so backward in this day and age? Jiyoung, don’t stay out of trouble. Run wild! Run wild, you hear me?”
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
― Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
“And the flavor of Pippa's kiss--bittersweet and strange--stayed with me all the way back uptown, swaying and sleepy as I sailed home on the bus, melting with sorrow and loveliness, a starry ache that lifted me up above the windswept city like a kite: my head in the rainclouds, my heart in the sky.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
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