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And there are always people who find their lives have become so unsupportable they believe the best thing they could do would be to hasten their transition to another plane of existence.” “They kill themselves, you mean?” said Bod. He was ...more
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Elena Ferrante
“As we talked I realized she wanted many things at the same time, and that kept her in a permanent state of dissatisfaction.”
Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

John  Green
“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?”
John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Elena Ferrante
“I feel ugly, like I’m a bad person, and yet I’d like to be loved.”
Elena Ferrante, The Lying Life of Adults

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
“Now hear me well—what is not yours is not yours o, even if you marry the person that has that thing. If it is not yours, it is not yours o.”
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things

“There was only so much a mother could ask a daughter to bear before that bond became bondage.”
Lesley Nneka Arimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

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