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“How could we explain that standing on a stage and speaking someone else's words as if they are your own is less an act of bravery than a desperate lunge at mutual understanding?”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“You can’t quantify humanity. You can’t measure it—not the way you mean to. People are passionate and flawed and fallible. They make mistakes. Their memories fade. Their eyes deceive them.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“The water, too, was still, and I thought, what liars they are, the sky and the water. Still and calm and clear, like everything was fine. It wasn’t fine, and really, it never would be again.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“Anything can feel like punishment if it’s taught poorly.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“We’re only ever playing fifty percent of a character. The rest is us, and we’re afraid to show people who we really are. We’re afraid of looking foolish if we reveal the full force of our emotions.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
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