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“This isn't a question of strength. Not the stoic, get-on-with-stuff-without-thinking-too-much kind of strength, anyway. It's more of a zooming-in. That sharpening. ... You know, before the age of twenty-four I hadn't realised how bad things could feel, but I hadn't realised how good they could feel either. That shell might be protecting you, but it's also stopping you feeling the full force of that good stuff. Depression might be a hell of a price to pay for waking up to life, ... But it is actually quite therapeutic to know that pleasure doesn't just help compensate for pain, it can actually grow out of it.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“If the stone falls hard enough the ripples last a lifetime.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you. It is like eating a scorpion to punish it for stinging you.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“What I didn’t realize was that wanting to test desire is nothing more than a ruse to get what we want without admitting that we want it.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
“I’m not wise at all. I told you, I know nothing. I know books, and I know how to string words together—it doesn’t mean I know how to speak about the things that matter most to me.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
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