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“Did I want him to act? Or would I prefer a lifetime of longing provided we both kept this little Ping-Pong game going: not knowing, not-not-knowing, not-not-not-knowing? Just be quiet, say nothing, and if you can't say "yes," don't say "no," say "later." Is this why people say "maybe" when they mean "yes," but hope you'll think it's "no" when all they really mean is, Please, just ask me once more, and once more after that?”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

“people run from rain but
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”
― Charles Bukowski, The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“I'm so tired of everyone treading on eggshells around me. Like, yeah, I'm still working on my anorexia, and some days it's really hard... but that doesn't mean I can't have fun and do teenage stuff! I'm not fragile. And I want to have sex with you, what's wrong with that?”
― Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five