“There are tears on his face, his face or mine, I don't know. I kiss him where our tears fall. I start to say something. He puts one finger on my lips. He smiles his little smile.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“We held each other so close that we might indeed have been one body.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“He grins again, and everything inside me moves. Oh, love. Love.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“...they ain't never met nobody they didn't lie to and steal from.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
“One of the most terrible, most mysterious things about a life is that a warning can be heeded only in retrospect: too late.”
― If Beale Street Could Talk
― If Beale Street Could Talk
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