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“Some people take energy; some people give energy . . . Occasionally, you get lucky and find someone whose energy balances your own and brings you into neutral.”
― The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
― The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
“We are born, we live, if we are lucky we love, then we die. That is the way, not something to mourn. Only mourn those who haven’t lived, who haven’t found love. They deserve your sadness, not us.”
― The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
― The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
“I think careful cooking is love, don’t you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who’s close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give. —JULIA CHILD”
― The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
― The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
“Memories are a doorway to the past, and the more one treasures the memories, the wider the door will open.”
― Every Breath
― Every Breath
“These days, loneliness is the new cancer—a shameful, embarrassing thing, brought upon yourself in some obscure way. A fearful, incurable thing, so horrifying that you dare not mention it; other people don’t want to hear the word spoken aloud for fear that they might too be afflicted, or that it might tempt fate into visiting a similar horror upon them.”
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
― Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
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