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“I don't always have to understand the people I love.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“I have always felt terrible inside. The reasons for this keep changing.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Andre Aciman, Call Me by Your Name