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.
“Tradition is the crown of the tyrant.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.”
― 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
“In a storm, you don't tie two boats together. They'll drag each other down.”
― Golden Son
― Golden Son
“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
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