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“But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“Friendship, companionship: it so often defied logic, so often eluded the deserving, so often settled itself on the odd, the bad, the peculiar, the damaged.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
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― Jellicoe Road
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
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― Jellicoe Road
“And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
“Everyone always talks about being color blind. And I get that. I do. But maybe instead of being color blind, we should celebrate color, in all its shades. It kind of bugs me that we’re supposed to ignore our differences like we don’t see them, when seeing them doesn’t have to be a negative.”
― The Law of Moses
― The Law of Moses
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