Ben

“Friends are the family you get to choose for yourself.”
― Mia Sheridan, Leo

“You are born, you die, and the rest is just marking time” (James Joyce).”
― Hendrik Groen, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old

“We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to feel nothing so as not to feel anything - what a waste!”
― Andre Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don’t always like who they are.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name