

“Sebastian is in love with his own childhood. That will make him very unhappy.”
― Brideshead Revisited
― Brideshead Revisited

“When I was younger, I think some glib or cavalier part of me always believed that there was no such thing as heartache - that it was simply a case of things getting in past the ribcage and finding there was no way out. I know now, of course, that this was a stupid thing to think, in so far as most things we believe will turn out to be ridiculous in the end.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea

“Now that she’s back—now that I’m used to her being back—I can’t decide whether to register her presence as relief or invasion.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea

“I’m gay for Gillian Anderson,”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea

“The space around us is a claw half grasped, holding tight without quite crushing, and I wish, in the idle way I always wish it these days, that I felt more confident in my ability to breathe.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea

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