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“Dublin is extraordinarily beautiful to her in wet weather, the way gray stone darkens to black, and rain moves over the grass and whispers on slick roof tiles. Raincoats glistening in the undersea color of street lamps. Rain silver as loose change in the glare of traffic.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.”
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“You’ve got to empathize, not sympathize. Take that loose thread. Start to pull. Let the whole thing unravel. Let’s start making something stronger. More beautiful.”
― Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home
― Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home
“Time flows in the same way for all human beings; every human being flows through time in a different way.”
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“I dream too much and I don’t write enough and I’m trying to find god everywhere.”
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