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“The thing I need most in this world is a long, hot shower, but what I get instead is a trickle of warm water followed by a blast of Icelandic cold”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
“I say, "I love you."
She says, "I love you too." And then she laughs. "It's kind of crazy. I mean you."
"I know. What the hell?"
She covers her mouth with one hand, but her eyes are shining. I'm thinking about a field of grass on a summer day. I'm thinking about the sun and being warmed from the inside and warmed from the outside.
I take her hand under the gray-blue sky and I'm home.”
― Holding Up the Universe
She says, "I love you too." And then she laughs. "It's kind of crazy. I mean you."
"I know. What the hell?"
She covers her mouth with one hand, but her eyes are shining. I'm thinking about a field of grass on a summer day. I'm thinking about the sun and being warmed from the inside and warmed from the outside.
I take her hand under the gray-blue sky and I'm home.”
― Holding Up the Universe
“Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself.”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
“I turn to Libby. "You're kind. Probably the kindest person I know. You're also forgiving, at least a little, but I'm hoping a lot, and in my book that's a superpower." Her eyes are on mine, and there's a lot going on there. "You're smart as hell, and you don't take people's crap, least of all mine. You are who you are. You know who that is, and you aren't afraid of it, and how many of us can say that." She's not smiling, but it's not about what her mouth is doing. It's about her eyes. "You're strong too. It's not just a matter of being able to knock down a guy with a single shot to the jaw." (Everyone laughs, except her.) "I'm talking about inner strength. Like, if I would draw that inner strength it might look a lot like a triangle made of carbyne. That's the world's strongest material. You also make things better for people around you...”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
“But I can tell you what Libby's eyes look like.
They are like lying in the grass under the sky on a summer day. You're blinded by the sun, but you can feel the ground beneath you, so as much as you think you could go flying off, you know you won't. You're warmed from the inside and from the outside, and you can still feel that warmth on your skin when you walk away.”
― Holding Up the Universe
They are like lying in the grass under the sky on a summer day. You're blinded by the sun, but you can feel the ground beneath you, so as much as you think you could go flying off, you know you won't. You're warmed from the inside and from the outside, and you can still feel that warmth on your skin when you walk away.”
― Holding Up the Universe
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