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In fact, he was rather ordinary, with no distinguishing features — no different from the hundreds of others we meet and fail to notice in the course of a normal day.
“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
“We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain. (p. 225)”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Tradition is the crown of the tyrant.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we admire and want to help along. And we'll want to call it envy, because to call it regret would break our hearts.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
Ashley’s 2025 Year in Books
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