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like watching a bunch of fourteen-year-olds who’ve been given superpowers and an ungodly amount of money, as they jet around the world to figure out what power has bought and brought them.
“Дитина — вона ж відчуває так само, як дорослі, тільки пояснити того не вміє. Ніби мені відкрилися нараз усі ті "секрети", що ми наробили, а потім покинули й ніколи більше до них не навідувалися, — як вони всі й далі лежать там, у землі. Всі наші запечатані дружби, сльози, клятви… Наші маленькі життя, накриті скельцями, — як експонати у мами в музеї. Такий величезний музей покинутих "секретів". А люди по ньому ходять — і навіть не здогадуються, що він там, у них під ногами…”
― The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
― The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
“Добрі друзі — як повітря чи вода. Коли вони поруч, ми сприймаємо їх як належне, часто навіть не помічаємо. Ну є то й є. Від них можна відмахнутись — мовляв, не зараз, не на часі, потім. Про них можна ненароком забути, схаменутись і одразу заспокоїтись — бо де ж вони дінуться? І тільки тоді, як друзі раптом зникають, стає дуже боляче. Особливо гостро відчуваєш порожнечу й біль — наче як од вибитого зуба.”
― Моцарт 2.0
― Моцарт 2.0
“But if you think there’s any chance that I could make you happy, I wish you would let me try. Because it’s the only thing I really want to do with my life.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“If you weren't my friend I wouldn't know who I was, she said.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“That’s the worst thing about death: you want to tell your loved one things, both trivial and life-altering. You start to form in your mind what you’re going to say, anticipate his or her reaction, feel that warm glow of experiences shared between you. Death severs that most primal connection, and that leaves maybe the biggest hole of all. Still,”
― All the Dark Places
― All the Dark Places
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