“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Sometimes, I swear, I’m invisible. And yet, frankly, David, I often find it to be a relief.”
― Evidence of the Affair
― Evidence of the Affair
“Alone in love, really. With a man who claims he never loved me”
― Evidence of the Affair
― Evidence of the Affair
“I wonder if we’ll ever not be like magnets… not be these two things that drift home to each other no matter what. If there is a way to break the spell, I don’t want to know a fucking thing about it.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“I’ll wear it like a badge of honour forever that he loved me first, that he loved me at all.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
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