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“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.”
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“You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.”
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“I wanted to hear his window open, hear his espadrilles on the balcony, and then the sound of my own window, which was never locked, being pushed open as he'd step into my room after everyone had gone to bed, slip under my covers, undress me without asking, and after making me want him more than I thought I could ever want another living soul, gently, softly, and, with the kindness one Jew extends to another, work his way into my body, gently and softly, after heeding the words I'd been rehearsing for days now, Please, don't hurt me, which meant, Hurt me all you want.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
Ruth’s 2025 Year in Books
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147 books
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912 books
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