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“The thing is you keep existing whether you have a plan to do so or not, until you don’t exist, and then your plans are meaningless.”
― The Mars Room
― The Mars Room
“It was love, and it hit me so hard I leaned against the screen door that still stood between us, just to stay vertical. I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can’t leave it alone. The universe was good because he was in it. I loved the hole in his jeans and the dirt on his bare feet and the scrab on his elbow and the scar that laced through one eyebrow. Gat, my Gat.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“The feeling that she had never really lived in this world caught her by surprise. It was a fact. She had never lived. Even as a child, as far back as she could remember, she had done nothing but endure.”
― The Vegetarian
― The Vegetarian
“Sometimes now I think just making it through a day is the point. Practically a triumph, don't you think? If you don't melt down or kill anyone or just give up? If you happen to be kind, or help someone else, or create something beautiful, well, you've really done something to crow about.”
― Celine
― Celine
“Now they are both looking at me and smiling. Carly’s smile is so bold, so certain. Jenni’s is tentative, flashing wide for a second and then disappearing. ‘Everything all right?’ I ask. ‘Carly was just telling me about your holiday,’ Jenni says. There is a pause. ‘And the party.’ ‘Party?’ ‘For bonfire night.”
― Obsession
― Obsession
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