“You know nothing about me. You see me. But you don't see me. Everyone else sees me. And yet no one has the foggiest notion of the gathering storm within me. It's my secret private little hell. I live with it, I sleep with it. I love that no one knows. I wish you knew. Sometimes I fear you do.”
― Enigma Variations
― Enigma Variations
“It's mad twisted, but surviving showed me it's better to be alive wishing I was dead than dying wishing I could live forever.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“There has to be more to life than just imagining a future for yourself. I can't just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it.”
― They Both Die at the End
― They Both Die at the End
“Time makes us sentimental. Perhaps, in the end, it is because of time that we suffer.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
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