“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“What I did not know was that I had hit upon a truth of womanhood: However blameless the life we lead, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“It did not feel momentous, yet when I tore my eyes away from his I found that nothing looked quite the same, as though the world had fractured and sheared away from itself to reshape in almost - but not quite - the same formation. As though I had looked at a waterfall and realised with a faint jolt that the water flowing over the rock was ever-changing, that it would never be the same water again.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“I would not let a man who knew the value of nothing make me doubt the value of myself.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
“Talvez suspeite que olhar de fora imprima à vida alheia uma película de completude; a ilusão de que, no outro, cada sentimento tenha sempre o tamanho certo.”
― Copo Vazio
― Copo Vazio
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