“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead," he suggested. "After that my own rule is to let everything alone.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
“He looked at her the way all women want to be looked at by a man.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“No matter how much I feel, I’m not going to let it out. If I have to cry, I’m gonna cry on the inside. If I have to bleed, I’ll bruise. If my heart starts going crazy, I’m not gonna tell everyone in the world about it. It doesn’t help anything. It just makes everyone’s life worse.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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