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""I knew that if I looked into his eyes I would forget what I was talking about, so I only looked at him in brief takes, the way you will glance up at the sun on a sweltering day to confirm the source of the heat."" — Apr 20, 2014 03:31PM
""I knew that if I looked into his eyes I would forget what I was talking about, so I only looked at him in brief takes, the way you will glance up at the sun on a sweltering day to confirm the source of the heat."" — Apr 20, 2014 03:31PM
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
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“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything—what a waste!”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
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“Ow! My brains!”
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”
― The Penelopiad
― The Penelopiad
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