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I just finished this but I’m already excited to reread it. I found that there were a lot of common patterns with Normal People but that’s not necessarily a negative thing. Also, there were times I couldn’t differentiate the characters’ dialogues. But
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“You think everyone you like is special, she said. I'm just a normal person. When you get to like someone, you make them feel like they're different from everyone else. You're doing it with Nick, you did it with me once.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“You underestimate your own power so you don't have to blame yourself for treating other people badly.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“You live through certain things before you understand them. You can’t always take the analytical position.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“Afterward I lay on my side with A Critique of Postcolonial Reason propped half-open on the pillow beside me. Occasionally I lifted a finger to turn the page and allowed the heavy and confusing syntax to drift down through my eyes and into my brain like fluid. I'm bettering myself, I thought. I'm going to become so smart that no one will understand me.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
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