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“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving oneself, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls romance.”

(an excuse to reread my fav book🙏🏽)

“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!”

He wore time like a man who feared it would fray and tear. He may have aspired to the relaxed carelessness of the ciondolone, the idler, but Marco was idle only in appearance. At his soul, he was angst-ridden as Kierkegaard pondering his deathbed.

“The only people to whom a lifestyle comes naturally are the very rich or the exceptionally famous. Everyone else is just trying to hardscrabble an existence about which they don’t feel an unendurable level of shame.”

“They were the people I modeled myself after because fitting in was easier than sticking out.”

“ A person’s value is proportional to their bank balance. Our society seems to think it’s okay to look down on the poor. And when you’re constantly broke and beaten down, you start to think money’s the only thing that matters. The more you’re knocked down, the more you cling to money, hoping it can put you back together. It’s messed up, yeah, but that’s how it is.”

“To be with someone, and to be so lonely. It’s almost better when they’re gone, isn’t it? You can really grieve what you already knew you’d lost.”

“Humans were really at their happiest on the brink of destruction. They were so occupied with farming and keeping the heat on – basic survival stuff – that they didn’t 181have time for fear, for existential dread, for the kind of petty squabbles that developed into deep prejudice, that curdled into war and violence and mass murder.”

The King
holyshit (nice)

tbh this is the lamest twist ever

idk why but i couldn’t care less about them

okayy cutee

ngl reading this type of books again after going into classics and literary fiction feels like i lost my premium reading privileges
i used to lovee TJR truly but idk i just can’t read it anymore (i will finish it tho)

with every story that ends i’m just like wtf

I’M SOOO STUCK HERE

CREEPY (i like it)

“Let this be a lesson,’ said our Mother Mountjoy. ‘About showing any man too much leniency. Let this be a lesson: not a single man is to be trusted – even the meekest, sweetest boy. Not a single one.”

this is surprisingly beautiful