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Babylonia

by Costanza Casati (Goodreads Author)

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Schattenfroh

by Michael Lentz

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Open Heart: Acclaimed Israeli Literature – A Doctor's Journey to Asia Where Women Awaken Forbidden Desire (Harvest Book)

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jessa’s Quotes

“Zwischen Immer und Nie. Zwischen Immer und Nie. Between always and never.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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“As the French poet says, Le temps d’apprendre à vivre il est déjà trop tard, by the time we learn to live, it’s already too late.”
― André Aciman, Find Me

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“..time is always the price we pay for the unlived life.”
― André Aciman, Find Me

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“When you spend so long trapped in darkness, Lucien, you find that the darkness begins to stare back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

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“Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

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