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“I didn’t grasp exactly what she meant, but there was a flattering intimacy
to her banter that made me feel like I was on a date. Not that I’d ever been
on a date—what Joseph and I had didn’t really rise to the level of dating—
but I’d heard about them and seen them in movies.”
― The Island of Last Things
to her banter that made me feel like I was on a date. Not that I’d ever been
on a date—what Joseph and I had didn’t really rise to the level of dating—
but I’d heard about them and seen them in movies.”
― The Island of Last Things
“It was kind of nice having decisions made for you sometimes, so long as they were decisions that you liked.”
― The Portrait of a Mirror
― The Portrait of a Mirror
“time is a treacherous mistress. In our youth it flows slow and deep; the
days stretch out endlessly. When we are children, a summer lasts for a
century. As we age, the flow of time speeds up. Suddenly, a year vanishes
with the snap of one’s fingers. How quickly time eludes us, how easily it
tricks us.”
― The Bewitching
days stretch out endlessly. When we are children, a summer lasts for a
century. As we age, the flow of time speeds up. Suddenly, a year vanishes
with the snap of one’s fingers. How quickly time eludes us, how easily it
tricks us.”
― The Bewitching
“It’s the way you cannot hide your feelings. If
they do not spill out of your mouth, they shimmer on your skin. They fill
the air around you, so loud they almost shout”
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they do not spill out of your mouth, they shimmer on your skin. They fill
the air around you, so loud they almost shout”
―
“I saw it and thought of you. How do you like it?”
“It’s darling!” she exclaimed.”
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“It’s darling!” she exclaimed.”
―
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