“Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“A life lived in a simulation is still a life.”
― Sea of Tranquility
― Sea of Tranquility
“There’s a low-level, specific pain in having to accept that putting up with you requires a certain generosity of spirit in your loved ones.”
― Sea of Tranquility
― Sea of Tranquility
“Or one meaning of here is “in this world, in this life, on earth. In this place or position, indicating the presence of,” or in other words, I am here. It also means to hand something to somebody—Here you are. Here, he said to her. Here both recognizes and demands recognition. I see you, or here, he said to her. In order for something to be handed over a hand must extend and a hand must receive. We must both be here in this world in this life in this place indicating the presence of.”
― Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
― Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric
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