“She doesn’t see the point in staying alive only to do all the same things that made her want to die.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“There is no such thing as a happy place. Because when you are happy, everywhere is a happy place. And when you are sad, everywhere is a sad place.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“There is no together anymore. Once a pomegranate breaks and all its seeds scatter in differetnt directions, you cannot put it back together.”
― The Bastard of Istanbul
― The Bastard of Istanbul
“But that is how it happens, she realizes. One moment of pretending to be great leads to the next moment of pretending to be great and ten years later, she realizes she's spent her entire life just pretending to be great.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
“Having a mother helps you believe that everybody wants to hear every little thing you think. Having a mother helps you speak without thinking. It allows you to trust in your most awful self, to yell and scream and cry, knowing that your mother will still love you by the end of it.”
― The Wedding People
― The Wedding People
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