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I know that love can be loud and jubilant. It can be dancing in the swampy mud and the pouring rain at a festival and shouting “YOU ARE FUCKING AMAZING”
“You're Christian Shu. Do you always believe in God?
Yeah, of course. Got To.
Why?
Because, she says. I can't carry on living believing human beings are as good as it gets. She looks at me.
We're the worst.”
― Maame
Yeah, of course. Got To.
Why?
Because, she says. I can't carry on living believing human beings are as good as it gets. She looks at me.
We're the worst.”
― Maame
“Regardless of how you behave, a lot of things are going to be out of your control because this world was made to test you. Protect your peace in whatever and every way that you can.”
― Maame
― Maame
“That is how life feels too often. Like you're doing everything you can to survive only to be sabotaged by something beyond your control, maybe even some darker part of yourself.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“People were complicated. They weren't math problems; they were collections of feelings and decisions and dumb luck.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
“People were complicated. They weren’t math problems; they were collections of feelings and decisions and dumb luck. The world was complicated too, not a beautifully hazy French film, but a disastrous, horrible mess, speckled with brilliance and love and meaning.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
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