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“Because what is the face, what finally, is the skin over the flesh, a cover, a disguise, rouge for the insupportable horror of our living nature.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

“There are millions of shayaris and ghazals and songs that spin beautiful words about what love is: fire, wine, pain," he goes on. "But that is all passion. Feeling. Love, on the other hand, is an act. A practice. A descision."
"Are you saying who you love is a choice?"
"No, no. Who you have feelings for-that is not a choice. Feelings happen whether you want them to or not. But love isn't a feeling; it's the act of planting a seed and putting in the time and care it needs to grow. It demands hard work and renewal to survive. It demands commitment. By necessity, it cannot be take lightly.”
― Farah Naz Rishi, It All Comes Back to You: A YA Rom-Com About Exes, Their Dating Siblings, and Secrets

“A broken clock that, because its metal heart continued to beat, was now breaking the time of everything else.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi