“Bela had thought she knew what love felt like, but when she saw Sanjay at the airport after six long months, her heart gave a great, hurtful lurch, as though it were trying to leap out of her body to meet him. This, she thought. This is it. But it was only part of the truth. She would learn over the next years that love can feel a lot of different ways, and sometimes it can hurt a lot more.”
― Before We Visit the Goddess
― Before We Visit the Goddess
“I don’t think pain is a competition,” her aunt answered without hesitation. “Somebody else’s ten might be your six. You can’t compare heartbreak. No matter what, it’s valid. And that’s all that matters. You’re allowed to feel,”
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
“You know who you are. Never let anyone or anything mold you into something different. Don’t let those idiots tell you what to do or how to live your life.”
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
― The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
“What is the nature of life?
Life is lines of dominoes falling.
One thing leads to another, and then another, just like you'd planned. But suddenly a Domino gets skewed, events change direction, people dig in their heels, and you're faced with a situation that you didn't see coming, you who thought you were so clever.”
― Before We Visit the Goddess
Life is lines of dominoes falling.
One thing leads to another, and then another, just like you'd planned. But suddenly a Domino gets skewed, events change direction, people dig in their heels, and you're faced with a situation that you didn't see coming, you who thought you were so clever.”
― Before We Visit the Goddess
“Push away the past, that vessel in which all emotions curdle to regret.”
― Before We Visit the Goddess
― Before We Visit the Goddess
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