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"Actually, the quality of these incidents was such, that you couldn't remember them by speaking. Or even by thinking in words. The only way was to stop for a moment and feel it again."

"Yes, yes. I want the spring... Lord help me. I'm suffocating."

"Not a single person left."
wow

IMSO BOREEDDD

"if men fucked one another every time they were angry there'd be so much less shit in the world"

"This is what I want for the rest of my life. To see new places. To meet new people. To try new things. I don't feel lost or out of place here."
this books speaks to me

"I'm afraid to say it, because the moment I try to speak not only do I fail to express what I feel but what I feel slowly becomes what I say. Or at least what makes me act is not what I feel but what I say"

NO NO NO WDYM

i am loviiinngg ittt
but also ouch too good to be true i want what they have (so far)

first cry - mirren mention

"Do you know about the people who live here? The Sinclair family."
"Lived here," says Tatum. "Past tense."
"They still live on the island," says Meer.
"Most of them survived."

the tire swing mention??? the liars namedrop????? the symbolism and metaphors of the paintings??????

i have to put down the book and look out the window every other page........

tbh i'm surprised i enjoy it because stream of conciousness style is usually so boring for me to read
love his thoughts about adventures

i really don't know what i expected but i feel pleasantly surprised and very much enjoying this

"How can I be annoyed at minor inconveniences, when itsa blessing to just be here?!"

"Do something small and beautiful and kind and don't tell anyone about it."

"Sometimes someone is literally looking for a reason to live. Someone is looking for a reason to feel good. And we get to give it to them. With a smile. With a compliment. By paying for their coffee. That person might have been asking the universe for a sign to keep going."

"The "world" isn't some vague concept. The "world" is just people. And you are "people".
You are a stranger who thousands of people will interact with in this lifetime. You have the power to leave the world a better place. Kindness is contagious. You can be the reason someone goes home smiling today, sighing in relief that the world isn't so bad after all."

"How could my life be over if there are still more songs to listen to? Cities to visit? Mornings to feel the dewy grass between my toes in the summer? Lips to kiss? Roses to sniff?"

It is odd that society admires those who appear physically exhausted and debilitated by their work ethic, despite usually being healthy and energetic, more than those who actually prioritize their rest and are able to contribute a hell of a lot more from this abundance!
We need to flip the script.

"Floss will get it done, she always does!" is something that someone has actually said about me in the middle of a meeting about whether or not a very tight deadline I had was manageable. After feeling the initial intense frustration at this person, I realized it was not their fault (...) because I had never said "NO" to work. I was not the "victim" of my busyness, but the architect.

"But how can I feel joy without guilt?"
Your joy and relaxation is not
"selfish", because it also belongs to every single person you share your life with.
It is generous for you to love the shit out of your life. Where has pleasing others out of exhaustion got you?

reading this on a mediterranean island and in the ancient greek city of akragas feels so right

reading this on a mediterranean island and in the ancient city of Akragas feels so right