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"Zwischen Ehekrisen, ganz viel Leidenschaft, verbotener Liebe und gesellschaftlichem Drama verbringe ich nun seit ungefähr 20-30 Seiten damit, Lewin beim Grasmähen zuzuschauen. Ja das ist toll, darin kann man völlig aufgehen, im Flow sein. Ich habs verstanden, dass darin viel Glück liegt haha. ABER das langweilt mich schon ein wenig. Bitte wieder zurück zu Wronski & Anna 🙈 ich will wieder Dramaaaaa hahaha" — Jun 24, 2026 02:03AM
"Zwischen Ehekrisen, ganz viel Leidenschaft, verbotener Liebe und gesellschaftlichem Drama verbringe ich nun seit ungefähr 20-30 Seiten damit, Lewin beim Grasmähen zuzuschauen. Ja das ist toll, darin kann man völlig aufgehen, im Flow sein. Ich habs verstanden, dass darin viel Glück liegt haha. ABER das langweilt mich schon ein wenig. Bitte wieder zurück zu Wronski & Anna 🙈 ich will wieder Dramaaaaa hahaha" — Jun 24, 2026 02:03AM
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"„It made me sad to think how silly, useless, and trivial his life had been. It mattered very little now that he had gone to so many parties and had hobnobbed with all those princes, dukes, and counts. They had forgotten him already.“" — Jun 23, 2026 11:29AM
"„It made me sad to think how silly, useless, and trivial his life had been. It mattered very little now that he had gone to so many parties and had hobnobbed with all those princes, dukes, and counts. They had forgotten him already.“" — Jun 23, 2026 11:29AM
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"„Das Erlebnis, dessen ich mich heute erinnere, hat nicht einmal Minuten gedauert, nur Sekunden. Aber in den Sekunden des Erwachens und Sehendwerdens sieht man viel, und das Erinnern und Aufzeichnen braucht, wie beim Träumen, das Vielfache an Zeit als das Erleben selbst“" — Mar 31, 2026 09:07AM
"„Das Erlebnis, dessen ich mich heute erinnere, hat nicht einmal Minuten gedauert, nur Sekunden. Aber in den Sekunden des Erwachens und Sehendwerdens sieht man viel, und das Erinnern und Aufzeichnen braucht, wie beim Träumen, das Vielfache an Zeit als das Erleben selbst“" — Mar 31, 2026 09:07AM
Angst
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Schon die letzten Minuten in der Nähe ihres Liebhabers waren vergiftet von der steigenden Unruhe dieses Vorgefühls.
“To be alive is to be missing.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I thought with melancholy how an author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart’s blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.”
― The Razor’s Edge
― The Razor’s Edge
“I'm really not looking to date anyone." I know people often say that when secretly looking for a romantic partner, but I mean it. I definitely felt attracted to some people, and I liked the idea of being with someone, but the actual mechanics of it didn't much suit my talents. Like, parts of typical romantic relationships that made me anxious included 1. Kissing; 2. Having to say the right things to avoid hurt feelings; 3. Saying more wrong things while trying to apologize; 4. Being at a movie theater together and feeling obligated to hold hands even after your hands become sweaty and the sweat starts mixing together; 5. The part where they say, "What are you thinking about?" And they want you to be, like, "I'm thinking about you, darling," but you're actually thinking about how cows literally could not survive if it weren't for the bacteria in their guts, and how that means that cows do not exist as independent life-forms, but that's not really something you can say out loud, so you're ultimately forced to choose between lying and seeming weird.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“We never really talked much or even looked at each other, but it didn't matter because we were looking at the same sky together, which is maybe even more intimate than eye contact anyway. I mean, anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“You just, like, hate yourself? You hate being yourself?"
"There's no self to hate. It's like, when I look into myself, there's no actual me—just a bunch of thoughts and behaviors and circumstances. And a lot of them just don't feel like they're mine. They're not things I want to think or do or whatever. And when I do look for the, like, Real Me, I never find it. It's like those nesting dolls, you know? The ones that are hollow, and then when you open them up, there's a smaller doll inside, and you keep opening hollow dolls until eventually you get to the smallest one, and it's solid all the way through. But with me, I don't think there is one that is solid. They just keep getting smaller.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
"There's no self to hate. It's like, when I look into myself, there's no actual me—just a bunch of thoughts and behaviors and circumstances. And a lot of them just don't feel like they're mine. They're not things I want to think or do or whatever. And when I do look for the, like, Real Me, I never find it. It's like those nesting dolls, you know? The ones that are hollow, and then when you open them up, there's a smaller doll inside, and you keep opening hollow dolls until eventually you get to the smallest one, and it's solid all the way through. But with me, I don't think there is one that is solid. They just keep getting smaller.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
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