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"Surely I knew this pale face, this dark brown hair, this dark brow, these dark eyes that spoke of eternal anguish and resolve. I had known that woman since I’d opened my first book at the age of seven — since I’d started, at the age of five, to dream… She was a swirling blend of all the women I had ever imagined."
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“i simply could not believe that you loved me that much and so i assumed i want in love with you… now i understand. it seems that people have taken from me the ability to believe… but now i can… you’ve taught me how… i love you… not madly, but i love you with a clear mind…”

trying to get out of this reading slump immediately

I don't think I've ever underlined a book so much coming from someone who hates underlining and never annotates