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“People can't help what they feel. It's what they do that counts”
― What I Loved
― What I Loved
“I have always wanted to go to Trieste because it sounds like tristesse, which is a light-hearted word, even though in French it means sadness. In Spanish it is tristeza, which is heavier than French sadness, more of a groan than a whisper.”
― Hot Milk
― Hot Milk
“The unloved watch the loved perform the small rituals of their loving.”
― The Unloved
― The Unloved
“Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we'll all get home safely. But you tried and you did not get home safely. You did not get home at all.”
― Swimming Home
― Swimming Home
“We are all dying one by one. We all smell of mortality, and we can't wash it off.”
― The Summer Without Men
― The Summer Without Men
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