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“It must be so hard to live that way, always trying to make yourself more palatable. The most vital parts of you, always taken with a degree of misunderstanding.”

It’s 8 AM.

“For twenty nine years I’ve been alive. For the last half an hour, I’ve lived.”

The homoromanticism of male friendships

“I realise it doesn’t matter that I haven’t made it yet, because I am going to make it now.” Sometimes Tom drops bangers I must admit

“Is he in there, alive all this time? I feel like I’m alive.” Oh

“I’m too fragile to be cross, and for that moment, I forgive every bad thing she had ever done to me. I want her to make me strong again. So strong that I could hate her.” Oh okay

“It was bad enough for white people, but when one of your own color could be so different it put you on a wonder. It was like seeing your sister turn into a ‘gator. A familiar strangeness.”

“Imperfections aren’t charming on me the way that they were on you.” I just reopened the book can we calm down

Ok it’s been a month (not gonna blame anyone but she knows who she is) I’m excited and scared

she needs to get away from these cougars…

I’ve never seen an author utilize actual Hanzi before…usually it’s romanized…I mess with this. Also very proud of myself for recognizing the character for mama 😋

“Oh, all the beautiful ways we would have let each other down. Isn’t it silly? I want so much to have the chance to disappoint you.”

Can we not

“One summers day, months from now, everything will be better. Today will just be a piece of the past I can hardly remember.”

Yo I JUST got up can this book calm down

Kind of forgot I was reading this…

Am I already sensing an animal motif for me to obsess over!!??

Life is spectacular truly

“…but God will provide either trials for growth or the means to succeed.”

Honestly yeah

Smh why is the prof promoting Judith Beheading Holofernes when the better painting is obviously Artemisia’s Judith Slaying Holofernes…Caravaggio literally could not paint what Artemisia did

Essays undone. Homework unfinished. In a state of sickness. Alas, the book must be finished.

Is this a callback to Ruth on page 100, or am I having too much faith?

Ultimate bruh moment

Not them talking about Soho and me immediately thinking “why are they in the city?” 😓

Woah this is kind of modernist…I know Gertrude Stein would be proud

“Plato had argued in Meno for a theory of anamnesis—that souls were immortal, knowledge was innate, and learning just was a process of rediscovering which you had forgotten.”

Plato ate that

“She would have liked the luxury of having a mental breakdown but unfortunately, now time mattered again.”

Literally me on Tuesday studying for the triple calculus/physics/govt test 😓 was so close to crashing out about lens optics, but then I realized it wasn’t the time!

This is so Adjustment Bureau core…determinism! Laplace’s Demon!

“Hell is a writers’ market.”

Ykw? Yeah

“I hate you. You’re so—you’re such a—“
“Logician” He gave her a sad smile. “I know.”

Wait 💔 what if a mind all logic is like a knife all blade…

Edison is back…?

Lmao why is there Thomas Edison glaze? I actually gagged. I only support Lewis Howard Latimer and Nikola Tesla…

Penrose stairs… no