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“He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.”
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
― The Yellow Wall-Paper
“There was a star riding through clouds one night and I said to the star 'Consume me.'.”
― To the Lighthouse / The Waves
― To the Lighthouse / The Waves
“Every couple, I think, enjoys its own mythology, recollections like note cards to guide you around an exhibition:”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
“Pick a card, any card', he said, and as he said it, Kit regretted every single choice she'd made that had brought her to this moment. This is what she had always wanted to avoid: being forced to pretend men were interesting.”
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“Here are some things I didn't have space for: putting on Alone by Heart and miming the lyrics in Leah's face until she started laughing, Leah's long hands and her yellow hair and the werewolf quality of her eyebrows. The way she walked around the flat in shorts and a sports bra and told me off for staring. The way she kissed me and then apologized for biting. The time Leah told me that making me laugh was an achievement because my face was so typically set against it. The way I was often bored and Leah never was. Talking with Leah on early dates about the panic of doing what everyone else was doing and then feeling like a dick about it. The way Leah was kind by nature whereas I always seemed to struggle. The way she tipped my face towards hers and told me otherwise. "You're the kindest person I know and I know six or seven people.”
― Our Wives Under the Sea
― Our Wives Under the Sea
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