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Even as a younger woman, Olga never had a desire to live in Manhattan, put off by its nonstop pace and posturing. No one could ever just “be” there. It required trying, at all times, to be something else. Richer, thinner, more famous, more
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“She saw death as just another wedding she wasn't invited to.”
― The Zero
― The Zero
“She was asleep, that blond hair swirled like butter on the pillow beneath her”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“This is what happens when you live in dreams, he thought: you dream this and you dream that and you sleep right through your life.”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“Being alive isn't the same thing as living”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
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