Jessy
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we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were.
“It feels appropriate somehow, to have reached the edge of the continent, to have only the hammered sea left in front of him. As though this is the end point Werner has been moving toward ever since he left Zollverein.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Easy to stay on the path when the road is straight and the steps are numbered.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
“We look at each other. I have no rose to toss, he has no lute. But it’s the same kind of hunger.”
― The Handmaid's Tale
― The Handmaid's Tale
“Important note here: She and I are still good friends. It’s easy at that age to think time and distance can end friendships. It really doesn’t.”
― All Boys Aren't Blue
― All Boys Aren't Blue
“Infantile love follows the principle ‘I love because I am loved.’ “Mature love follows the principle ‘I am loved because I love.’ “Immature love says ‘I love you because I need you.’ “Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.”
― Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow
― Necessary Losses: The Loves, Illusions, Dependencies, and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Grow
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