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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
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“I felt like I could do this forever, because nothing mattered more than anything else.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“My roommate came running out of the closet and did not stop until he reached Los Angeles. I knew this day would come. Sometimes it's easier to be your actual self where nothing of your alleged self exists. Sometimes that's how you find out who you are in the first place.”
― Look Alive Out There
― Look Alive Out There
“We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“So what I'm trying to say is you should text me back.
Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency.
Because there's a bedtime.
Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and
If you don't respond soon,
I won't know if you'd wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
Because there's a precedent. Because there's an urgency.
Because there's a bedtime.
Because when the world ends I might not have my phone charged and
If you don't respond soon,
I won't know if you'd wanna leave your shadow next to mine.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
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