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She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal, even if she has a lot of problems, than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible.
“It would be so much better if we could share our insecurity, if we could all venture inside ourselves and realize that green beans and vitamin C, however much they nurture us, cannot save lives, or sustain our souls.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“When someone that you love dies..it's like fireworks suddenly burning out in the sky and everything going black.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“Do you know that it is in your company that I have had my finest thoughts?”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“...what I dread more than anything else in this life is noise...silence helps you to go inward..anyone who is interested in something more than just life outside actually needs silence.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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