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A Little Life

by Hanya Yanagihara (Goodreads Author)

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“There were times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness were something that everyone should and could attain, and that any sort of compromise in its pursuit was somehow your fault.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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“Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

tags: behavior, decision, decision-making, self-control

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“The easiest explanations are often the right ones.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

tags: being-right, being-yourself, explanation, explanations, straightforwardness, truthful, truthfulness

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“At other times, he wondered whether it was the world that had lost its color, or his friends themselves. When had everyone become so alike?”
― Hanya Yanagihara , A Little Life

tags: alone, changes, drifting-apart, friendship

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“How might things have been different if he spoke only one sentence? And that sentence could have been “Jude, are you trying to kill yourself?” or “Jude, you need to tell me what’s going on,” or “Jude, why do you do this to yourself?” Any of those would have been acceptable; any of those would have led to a larger conversation that would have been reparative, or at the very least preventative.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

tags: suicidal, suicide-attempt, suicide-prevention

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