“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― The Secret of Staying in Love
― The Secret of Staying in Love
“In her eyes, the sadness sings—of one who was destined, for better things.”
― Love & Misadventure
― Love & Misadventure
“I don’t like you, Park. Sometimes I think I live for you”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
“But, she knew, you didn’t have to marry your soulmate, and you didn’t even have to marry an Interesting. You didn’t always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got the standing ovation. You could cease to be obsessed with the idea of being interesting.”
― The Interestings
― The Interestings
“You were you,
and I was I;
we were two
before our time.
I was yours
before I knew,
and you have always
been mine too.”
― Love & Misadventure
and I was I;
we were two
before our time.
I was yours
before I knew,
and you have always
been mine too.”
― Love & Misadventure
Alida’s 2025 Year in Books
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