“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world was suddenly rich with possibility.”
― On the Road
― On the Road
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily,often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul"-- Joyce Carole Oates”
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“The truth is we never stop being children, terrible children covered in sores and knotty veins and tumors and age spots, but ultimately children, in other words we never stop clinging to life because we are life.”
― 2666
― 2666
“He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“This year will take from me
the hardened person
who I longed to be.
I am healing by mistake.
Rome is also built on ruins.”
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the hardened person
who I longed to be.
I am healing by mistake.
Rome is also built on ruins.”
―
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