“Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“If there is any truth in the world, it lies when I’m with you.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
“You know people say the opposite of fear is desire, where we presumably run away from what we fear and toward what we desire. But fear and desire are more complicated than that. There’s fear at the heart of every desire and desire at the heart of fear. So I wonder, by desiring Taymour, what exactly are you afraid of?”
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“Consistency is the playground of dull minds”
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
― Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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