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“He smiled when he didn't want to. He would do anything just to make other people feel better.”
― Young Mungo
― Young Mungo

“Where does all our effort go? It’s hard not to envy the monsters when you see how good they have it. And how unbothered they are at being monsters.”
― Martyr!
― Martyr!

“So it's over, and they're just nothing?”
― Normal People
― Normal People

“On the phone Joanna frequently describes her office, the various characters who work there, the dramas that erupt between them, and it's as if she's a citizen of a country Marianne has never visited, the country of paid employment.”
― Normal People
― Normal People

“I know it will be difficult,” Henry says. “I … It’s terrifying. And if you’d asked me a year ago, I probably would have said it was fine, that nobody needs to know. But … I’m as much a person and a part of this family as you. I deserve to be happy as much as any of you do. And I don’t think I ever will be if I have to spend my whole life pretending.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
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