“How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted?”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“Love doesn't grow at a steady rate, but advances in surges, bolts, wild leaps, and this was one of those.”
― Sweet Tooth
― Sweet Tooth
“Don't unpack your heart. One detail tells the truth.”
― Nutshell
― Nutshell
“The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesn’t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who don’t know you very well, are likely to think you’re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head.”
― The Daydreamer
― The Daydreamer
“Pessimism is too easy, even delicious, the badge and plume of intellectuals everywhere. It absolves the thinking classes of solutions. We excite ourselves with dark thoughts in plays, poems, novels, movies.”
― Nutshell
― Nutshell
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