Out of our mistakes, out of our pain, arrives everything we love in this world. All that humans create serves solely to lessen the terror of existence.
“Taylor Swift’s album folklore was released on July 24, Susan’s birthday. I had never been an avid fan, but it felt like the album was written especially for me. There were songs about illicit affairs, the end of a relationship (“you never gave a warning sign”), heartbreak, mad women. It became the soundtrack of my summer. I abandoned books and podcasts. I pressed play, again and again.”
― Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
― Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
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