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holy fucking shit i teared up on page 4 am i weakling

this book is transporting me

This book is fucking sick

I’m lmfao-ing out loud and shedding a tear here and there. But then again I shed a tear at a lot of things

Only 30 pages in and I’ve teared up four times

“Freedom is dangerous, Cory, but it’s precious, too. You can’t just throw it away or let it slip away. You can’t sell it for bread and porridge.” (122)

“since, as strange as it may seem, she believed. she was only fine organic matter. she existed. that’s it. and me? the only thing known about me is that i breathe.”

“who did we expect the other to be who is not yet at peace with our own selves? i cannot shut you out the way i shut others out so maybe i can destroy you. must destroy you?” (148)

“how much of this truth can i bear to see / and still live / unblinded? / how much of this pain / can i use?” (95)

“deists like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson believed God was something that made us, then left us on our own.” (15)

“to be more than I am, since I am so little.” (12)

rereading this life…oh dear…