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“Life is such a strange thing, she thinks, once she has stopped laughing. Even after certain things have happened to them, no matter how awful the experience, people still go on eating and drinking, going to the toilet and washing themselves - living, in other words. And sometimes they even laugh out loud. And they probably have these same thoughts, too, and when they do it must make them cheerlessly recall all the sadness they'd briefly managed to forget.”
― The Vegetarian
― The Vegetarian
“... E foi assim que no grande parque do colégio lentamente comecei a aprender a ser amada, suportando o sacrifício de não merecer, apenas para suavizar a dor de quem não ama.”
― Felicidade Clandestina
― Felicidade Clandestina
“People are like this too, you know. We break. We put ourselves back together. The cracks are the best part. You don't have to hide them.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“I should have become an "I" before I became a "we".”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
“And before you accuse me of telling my story in a labyrinthine manner, let me remind you this is a true story—and in real life, that’s how we communicate, isn’t it? We’re all over the place: we jump back and forth in time; slow down and expand on some moments; fast-forward through others; editing as we go, minimizing flaws and maximizing assets. We are all the unreliable narrators of our own lives.”
― The Fury
― The Fury
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