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“How do I know it’s not a fluke? What if I only ever fall for one girl?” “Then you’re bi.” She pats my arm. “What if I’m talking myself into it?” “Not a thing—” “Okay, but what if the girl I like is kind of—I don’t know—boyish?” “Is she a boy?” Edith asks. “No.” “Sounds pretty bi.”
― Becky Albertalli, Imogen, Obviously

“Then I tell you that sadness, in a way, is just another form of beauty. It can be a bit more melancholic, dramatic, heart-breaking and so, so quiet. The most emotional of things, finding its reflection in the world in decay, are those things we love the most from time to time.”
― Kate Luysterborg, Blame It on My Youth: Stories by students on the art of being young

“The world continues to spin even when we want it to stop, I thought. Especially then.”
― Robin Benway, Emmy & Oliver

“Fuck poëzie, dacht ik. Dat is verworden tot een maatschappelijk aanvaarde manier om niet te zeggen wat je te zeggen hebt. Ik sloeg de pagina om.”
― Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Brieven uit Genua