A second-act setback—in which, having started confidently along a particular trajectory, we come face-to-face with our own limitations.”
“I think perhaps Hamilton said it better in a letter to Eliza:
You engross my thoughts to intirely to allow me to think of anything else- you not only employ my mind all day; but you intrude upon my sleep. I meet you in every dream- and when I wake I cannot close my eyes again for ruminating on your sweetness.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
You engross my thoughts to intirely to allow me to think of anything else- you not only employ my mind all day; but you intrude upon my sleep. I meet you in every dream- and when I wake I cannot close my eyes again for ruminating on your sweetness.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
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