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“According to you, the only way to love someone is to let them treat you like shit.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“If other people knew about it, the sickness would become real and I would have to spend my life being a sick person. This could only interfere with my other ambitions, such as achieving enlightenment and being a fun girl.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends

“E quando já não tiverem mais nada a dizer ou quando as palavras começarem a ir por um lado e os pensamentos por outro, então se verá se algo poderá suceder que valha a pena recordar quando formos velhos.”
― José Saramago, Death with Interruptions

“Bobbi told me I had made her miserable. She said that I'd laughed at her during arguments, like she was a moron.
You underestimate your own power so you don't have to blame yourself for treating other people badly, she said. You tell yourself stories about it. Oh well, Bobbi is rich, Nick's a man, I can't hurt these people. If anything they're out to hurt me and I'm defending myself.”
― Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends