“the thing with October is, I think, it somehow gets in your very blood. Unapologetically. Almost ruthlessly.”
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“You know you never wanted us to be happy, Sam. Happiness is a brittle,
fleeting thing.
You wanted us to feel loved, and we did”
― I Fell in Love With Hope
fleeting thing.
You wanted us to feel loved, and we did”
― I Fell in Love With Hope
“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I understand why it hurts. I understand the loneliness of not being seen. I understand, most of all, from years of watching, that ignorance is worse than cruelty.”
― I Fell in Love With Hope
― I Fell in Love With Hope
“No, not depressed. They ruined that word for me. I think the worst feeling in the world is telling someone you’re in pain and hearing them say there’s no wound.”
― I Fell in Love With Hope
― I Fell in Love With Hope
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