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“And if beauty is terror,” said Julian, “then what is desire? We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?”
“To live,” said Camilla.
“To live forever,” said Bunny, chin cupped in palm.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

“Has it occurred to you that maybe I want to fix this? That I deeply, keenly want to get you where you're going, not out of charity, nor obligation, but because I'm interested?"

"I-"

Mosscap placed its free hand on Dex's shoulder. "I appreciate the intent. I really do. But if you don't want to infringe upon my agency, let me have my agency.”
― Becky Chambers, A Psalm for the Wild-Built

“Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better? It was two people who remained together, day after day, bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children or property, but only by the shared agreement to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union that could never be codified.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“In French, you do not say you miss someone. You say they are missing from you.”
― Lancali ., I Fell in Love With Hope