Sign in with Facebook
“She closes her eyes. He probably won’t come back, she thinks. Or he will, differently. What they have now they can never have back again. But for her the pain of loneliness will be nothing to the pain that she used to feel, of being unworthy. He brought her goodness like a gift and now it belongs to her. Meanwhile his life opens out before him in all directions at once. They’ve done a lot of good for each other. Really, she thinks, really. People can really change one another.
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
You should go, she says. I’ll always be here. You know that.”
― Normal People
“You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-You-Are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a wild thing, and you're terrified somebody's going to stick you in a cage. Well, baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself. And it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somaliland. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself.”
―
―
“El antiguo código de los Caballeros Radiantes reza: «Viaje antes que destino.» Algunos lo consideran un simple lugar común, pero es mucho más. Un viaje incluirá dolor y fracaso. No son solo los pasos adelante los que debemos aceptar, sino también los traspiés. Las dificultades. El conocimiento de que fracasaremos. De que haremos daño a quienes nos rodean. Pero si nos detenemos, si aceptamos la persona que somos al caer, el viaje concluye. Ese fracaso pasa a ser nuestro destino. Amar el viaje implica no aceptar ese final. He descubierto, por medio de dolorosas experiencias, que el paso más importante que puede dar alguien es siempre el siguiente.”
― Juramentada
― Juramentada
Marcial’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Marcial’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
137 books
|
7 friends
108 books
|
7 friends
14 books
|
2 friends
93 books
|
3 friends
23 books
|
1 friend
106 books
|
2 friends
7 books
|
6 friends
62 books
|
12 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Marcial
Lists liked by Marcial
