“Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy. ”
― A Gate at the Stairs
― A Gate at the Stairs
“We're all one thing, like cells in a body. 'Cept we can't see the body. The way fish can't see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”
― Adaptation.: The Shooting Script
― Adaptation.: The Shooting Script
“There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size.”
― Adaptation.: The Shooting Script
― Adaptation.: The Shooting Script
“I've come to realize that life, while being everything, is also strangely not much. Except when the light shines on it a different way and then you realize it's a lot after all!”
― A Gate at the Stairs
― A Gate at the Stairs
“Love is a fever," she said. "And when you come out of it you'll discover whether you've been lucky - or not.”
― A Gate at the Stairs
― A Gate at the Stairs
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