“Did Pete cry? Goodness no. Buttons come, and buttons go.”
― Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
― Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
“How to stop time: kiss.
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
How to travel in time: read.
How to escape time: music.
How to feel time: write.
How to release time: breathe.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself. I don't really see the difference. We find ourselves through the process of escaping.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“And she laughed, and said she understood, and then off she drifted in that nice way she has. Responsive to the light, I would call it. The type of person who is that little bit more akin to the weather than most people, more obviously made of the same atoms as the earth than most people these days seem to be. Which explains Lanny.”
― Lanny
― Lanny
“]
]you will remember
]for we in our youth
did these things
yes many and beautiful things
]
]
]”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
]you will remember
]for we in our youth
did these things
yes many and beautiful things
]
]
]”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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