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“Because when you meet a person, you only see part of his life, but never the whole movie.”
― Jerusalem Beach
― Jerusalem Beach
“I call it the spots theory. It seems to me that every person has one spot he’s connected to. But I’m starting to think it isn’t the country that keeps us rooted. Nor our education, friends or family. It’s something a lot more specific, much more precise. A spot in the world that pulls us in like a magnet…”
― Jerusalem Beach
― Jerusalem Beach
“Since the day you enlisted, I’ve been trying to catch time. Literally catch it. I reach out with both hands, wait for a few minutes to pass between my fingers, and quickly close my fists, trying to grab as many chunks of it as I can. At first I didn’t catch anything, because catching time is tricky tricky. After all, flies are a lot clumsier and I’ve never managed to catch a single one…I have since improved my technique. I can already catch with one hand but I always let them go…With all that time we’d have with you, maybe we’d finally start living, instead of staying stuck forever in one still moment.”
― Jerusalem Beach
― Jerusalem Beach
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