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“You know what we’ll both become when we grow up?” “I do not,” I said. “Shir zan. Lionesses. Us. Can’t you just see, Ellie? Someday, you and me - we’ll do great things. We’ll live life for ourselves. And we will help others. We are cubs now, maybe. But we will grow to be lionesses. Strong women who make things happen”

wow.

if you love Elena Ferrante’s quarter - THIS, you will also love this

same vibes but different city

“when she looked around her bedroom in Tribeca, she didn’t recognize her life. How had she become so old, so young?”

“Once, Mia had compared him to a roll of Duct Tape. He still counted it among the greatest compliments of his life” - Adam

i’m afraid the only reason this won’t be a 5 star is because it’s written in 3rd person instead of 1st 😭

“I think of my mother when I’m on a plane. I think of her many places, even though she’s been gone sixteen years now. She never knew my boys, but she has helped me raise them. I know how much she loves them. I feel that. I talk to her. I pray to her. I shut my eyes now and beg her to keep them all healthy and safe while I’m away.”

“A fight is like a fire. you think you have it under control, you think you can stop it whenever you want, but before you know it, it’s a living, breathing thing and there’s no controlling it and you were a fool to think you could.”

“I want to give him a quick glance, but Sam in this twitchy mood might catch it. Instead I tap my knife two times without cutting anything. Yash taps it twice back.”

“But we are not kids anymore. Old children, perhaps, but not kids.”

“Most things worth knowing are still learned at home.”

“ The real issue is a human one: we’ve lost the ability to talk to people of different opinions.”
- Ian Bremmer

“Finally Douglas, you’re one of the great dreamers in tech and in cultural criticism. Let’s forget practicalities - dream a little bit for me.”

“…the way to fix the future isn’t retreat into a romanticized past.” pg. 3

“Most of us are willing to share our data if we get a useful and appearently free service in return.”

“Of course … of course,’ she said. ‘Of course I love you. And so much … Could it be any other way? I must love you … I certainly do. But why are you so surprised? Did you think it could be any other way? I know how much you love me … and there is no doubt that I love you just as much …’
She pulled me towards her, to cover my face with fiery kisses.”

“I didn’t fall in love; love fell on me”

“All I can say is that she wore a strange, formidable, haughty and almost wild expression, one that I had never seen before on a woman. But while that face was utterly new to me, I couldn’t help but feel that I had seen her many times before.”

“Minciuni, minciuni, adulții le interzic și între timp spun multe.”

“The more I needed my friends, the more I longed to run away.”

“… mi s-a întâmplat ceea ce apoi mi s-a întâmplat foarte des în viață, simțindu-mă când ușurată, când descurajată. Legătura cu locurile cunoscute, cu sentimentele sigure a cedat în fața curiozității pentru ce urma să mi se întâmple. Apropierea de femeia aia amenințătoare și fascinantă m-a cucerit imediat și, iată, deja îi urmărim cu atenție fiecare gest”

“I didn’t try to catch them or put them out. I let the burn. I sat on the porch, a perfect day, and watched them burn. Because I knew that when it was over, when the fire disappeared, they would come right back to me.”

i like the concept but i just fine it hard to connect to the main character and i don’t know why. i’d love to sympathize with her i just can’t

i won’t lie you guys.. i’m really considering to dnf it

quite a slow start