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“We wish to be loved as we ourselves would love. Any other way makes as uncomfortable. We respond with doubt and suspicion. We misinterpret the signs. We do not understand the language. We accuse. We assert that the other person does not love us. But perhaps he merely loves us in some idiosyncratic way that we fail to recognize.”
― The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
― The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
“Over his shoulder I saw a star fall. It was me.”
― Falling Angels
― Falling Angels
“You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone inside.”
― Bright Lights, Big City
― Bright Lights, Big City
“No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.”
― Requiem for a Dream
― Requiem for a Dream
“Water never waits. It changes shape and floes around things, and finds the secret paths no one else thought about __ the tiny hole through the roof or the bottom of a box. There's no doubt it's the most versatile of the five elements. It can wash away earth, it can put out fire; it can wear a piece of metal down and can sweep it away. Even wood, which is its natural complement, can'survive without being nurtured by water.”
― Memoirs of a Geisha
― Memoirs of a Geisha
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