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“That’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I wanted so much to have a life. Even just once, even for a second.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“No matter how much I feel, I’m not going to let it out. If I have to cry, I’m gonna cry on the inside. If I have to bleed, I’ll bruise. If my heart starts going crazy, I’m not gonna tell everyone in the world about it. It doesn’t help anything. It just makes everyone’s life worse.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I did not need to know if he could love me.
I needed to know if he could need me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
I needed to know if he could need me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I put my hand on him. Touching him has always been important to me, it was something I lived for. I never could explain why. Little, nothing touches, my fingers against his shoulder, the outsides of our thighs touching as we squeeled together on the bus. I couldnt explain it, but I needed it. Sometimes I imagined stiching all of our little touches together. How many hundreds of thousands of fingers brushing against each other does it take to make love?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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