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“What do you want?”
“To be happy,” answers Henry.
“Ah”, says the stranger, smoke sliding between his lips, ‘no one can give you that.”

i’m invested in the plot and very curious about the outcome but oh boy it feels quite slow for now….
i’m not sure i’ll have the patience to read it

The letter

“You have such a big heart, I actually get concerned sometimes. It must be bursting at the seams of your chest, Blair. I don’t know how it stays in there. Seriously, see a doctor.”

“You’re gonna go far. I hope he holds your hand all the way there. I hope it’s me.
I miss you, Little Bird. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, fly back to me.”

“my “todays” would never look the same, but the dishes were still dirty.”

do me a favor and google ‘blue-footed booby’ right now

it is quite a quite special voice

ah the scene with Kenny was chef’s kiss

it has the usual memoir tone
nothing out of the ordinary so far

“hanami - obiceiul de a admira florile de cireș din parcurile publice, luând masa împreună cu familia sau prietenii sub crengile copacilor”

“For despite all the grief that drowns my soul or maybe because of it, I love her. I love her madly.”

“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”