“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Lucky is the soul whose only troubles are self-inflicted. a”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“Sometimes, on a very clear night,’ the BFG said, ‘and if I is swiggling my ears in the right direction’ – and here he swivelled his great ears upwards so they were facing the ceiling – ‘if I is swiggling them like this and the night is very clear, I is sometimes hearing faraway music coming from the stars in the sky.’ A queer little shiver passed through Sophie’s body. She sat very quiet, waiting for more.”
― The BFG
― The BFG
“Let us not become so cautious that we forget to live.”
― City of Girls
― City of Girls
“the pleasure of being touched by great art’.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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