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“Next to it on the wall was a framed postcard of Monet's berm. I recognized it immediately.
'It used to be mine, but you've owned it far, far longer than I have.' We belonged to each other, but had lived so far apart that we belonged to others now. Squatters, and only squatters, were the true claimants to our lives.”
― Call Me by Your Name
'It used to be mine, but you've owned it far, far longer than I have.' We belonged to each other, but had lived so far apart that we belonged to others now. Squatters, and only squatters, were the true claimants to our lives.”
― Call Me by Your Name
“If he knew, if he only knew that I was giving him every chance to put two and two together and come up with a number bigger than infinity.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“You won’t know how lucky you are to be able to spend your life with the other half of your soul until you have to spend your life without them.”
― After Ever Happy
― After Ever Happy
“And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we admire and want to help along. And we'll want to call it envy, because to call it regret would break our hearts.'
Silence again.
'Perhaps I am not yet ready to speak of them as strangers,' I said.
'If it makes you feel any better, I don't think either of us ever will be.”
― Call Me by Your Name
Silence again.
'Perhaps I am not yet ready to speak of them as strangers,' I said.
'If it makes you feel any better, I don't think either of us ever will be.”
― Call Me by Your Name
“I want him to look in the mirror and smile, not scowl. I need him to not think of himself as a monster. I need him to see the real him, because if he doesn’t pull himself out of the villain role, it will destroy him, and I’ll just be left with ashes. I just needed to get it all out because I feel like I’m drowning, and it’s hard to keep myself above water,especially when I’m fighting against the current to save him rather than myself.”
― After Ever Happy
― After Ever Happy
Lea’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Lea’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
272 books
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133 friends
14 books
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33 friends
48 books
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26 friends
1 book
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16 friends
2 books
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27 friends
11 books
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12 friends
1 book
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37 friends
1 book
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30 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Mystery, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Spirituality, Thriller, and Young-adult
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