“Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a most undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves. Once this is understood, the disagreeable behavior of American enlisted men in German prisons ceases to be a mystery.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“And it occurred to me, standing there, just breathing with her, quiet settling around us, that those might be the three most beautiful words in the English language. We have time.”
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“And even though the ache of that heartbreak hurts like hell, it's so much better than feeling nothing.”
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“I kissed him and let my lips rest against his so that our breath mingled and the tears from my eyes became salt on his skin, and I told myself that somewhere, tiny particles of him would become tiny particles of me, ingested, swallowed, alive, perpetual.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
“No one can lock you back in, Libby. You choose whether you let them.”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
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