“To love is to enter into the inevitability of one day not being able to protect what is most valuable to you.”
― Exit West
― Exit West
“Just because we didn’t end up on the same wave, doesn’t mean we aren’t still a part of the same ocean.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“All humans make mistakes. What determines our character is whether we turn those mistakes into excuses or lessons.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
“While they wished to look out for each other, and to keep tabs on each other, staying in touch took a toll on them, serving as an unsettling reminder of a life not lived, and also they grew less worried each for the other, less worried that the other would need them to be happy, and eventually a month went by without any contact, and then a year, and then a lifetime.”
― Exit West
― Exit West
“Every time a couple moves they begin, if their attention is still drawn to one another, to see each other differently, for personalities are not a single immutable color, like white or blue, but rather illuminated screens, and the shades we reflect depend much on what is around us.”
― Exit West
― Exit West
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