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That’s when I knew that a conversation was like a child: you couldn’t just abandon it, then pick it up again a day later and expect it to be exactly the way it was before.
“Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain. (p. 225)”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you’re going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations,”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“The key to happiness is finding the lie that suits you best.”
― How to Stop Time
― How to Stop Time
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