“How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become?”
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“I have done nothing all summer but wait for myself to be myself again.”
― Georgia O'Keeffe
― Georgia O'Keeffe
“I...took some pride in 'not fulfilling my potential,' in part because I was terrified that if I tried my hardest, the world would learn I didn't actually have that much potential.”
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
― The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
“I know books, and I know how to string words together—it doesn’t mean I know how to speak about the things that matter most to me.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“I then asked his assistant for a pen, opened up the hardbound edition, and wrote, Zwischen Immer und Nie, for you in silence, somewhere in Italy in the mid-eighties. In years to come, if the book was still in his possession, I wanted him to ache.”
― Call Me By Your Name
― Call Me By Your Name
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