“You underestimate your own power so you don't have to blame yourself for treating other people badly.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“In the spring he would sometimes wake up at night beside Marianne, and if she was awake too they would move into each other’s arms until he could feel himself inside her. He didn’t have to say anything, except to ask her if it was alright and she always said it was. Nothing else in his life compared to what he felt then. Often he wished he could fall asleep inside her body.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Generally I find men are a lot more concerned with limiting the freedoms of women than exercising personal freedom for themselves.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“the pleasure of being touched by great art’.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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