“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”
― The Wanderess
― The Wanderess
“You are no one's
other half.
You are a whole,
an enough,
a complete being
in and of yourself.
Falling in love
with someone
should never ever
change that about you.
Two wholes make a whole.
Don't let society's silly sayings
tell you anything
otherwise.”
―
other half.
You are a whole,
an enough,
a complete being
in and of yourself.
Falling in love
with someone
should never ever
change that about you.
Two wholes make a whole.
Don't let society's silly sayings
tell you anything
otherwise.”
―
“I feel too much. That's what's going on.' 'Do you think one can feel too much? Or just feel in the wrong ways?' 'My insides don't match up with my outsides.' 'Do anyone's insides and outsides match up?' 'I don't know. I'm only me.' 'Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and outside.' 'But it's worse for me.' 'I wonder if everyone thinks it's worse for him.' 'Probably. But it really is worse for me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I was an adventurer, but she was not an adventuress. She was a 'wanderess.' Thus, she didn’t care about money, only experiences - whether they came from wealth or from poverty, it was all the same to her.”
― The Wanderess
― The Wanderess
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