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“Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“I don't know what's wrong with me, says Marianne. I don't know why I can't be like normal people.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“Misschien is intensiteit belangrijker dan geluk, loop ik dezer dagen te denken. (...) Ik denk dat ik altijd te veel schrik heb gehad van vervelende emoties.
Als ge u daar almaar tegen loopt te beschermen, dan mist ge ook alle goeie, mooie dingen, alle echte dingen. Eigenlijk is dat emotionele oppervlakkigheid.”
― Het beste wat we hebben
Als ge u daar almaar tegen loopt te beschermen, dan mist ge ook alle goeie, mooie dingen, alle echte dingen. Eigenlijk is dat emotionele oppervlakkigheid.”
― Het beste wat we hebben
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
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