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(Boston is, parenthetically, the least sexy city I’ve ever known. I suspect Bostonians drink to make them think they might want to have sex, and the city closes its bars early to ensure that they still can.)
“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!”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time.”
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
― Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
― The Sun Also Rises
― The Sun Also Rises
“So I waited. Then I got used to waiting. Eventually, waiting was more real than what we had.”
― Enigma Variations
― Enigma Variations
“Did I want him to act? Or would I prefer a lifetime of longing provided we both kept this little Ping-Pong game going: not knowing, not-not-knowing, not-not-not-knowing? Just be quiet, say nothing, and if you can't say "yes," don't say "no," say "later." Is this why people say "maybe" when they mean "yes," but hope you'll think it's "no" when all they really mean is, Please, just ask me once more, and once more after that?”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
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