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“It is easy, isn’t it, in retrospect?
To spot the cracks. To see them spread.
But in the moment, there is only the urge to mend each one.
To smooth the lines.
And keep the surface whole.”

“You cling to the suffering, you make it yours, as if you think you must. As if you think that it will somehow keep you human, but it can’t, because the human part of you is dead”

“Alice never got caught up in the sermons, she always loved the songs. The way music filled the hall, bouncing off the glass and stone, liked the fact that their family sat together, and all the memories she has of those moments are nice ones, which is probably why they didn’t stick.”

“Dad’s happiness and her sister’s hurt go hand in hand, or worse, that they are angled at each other, like pistols, or blades, and all she can do is put herself between them”

“Alice gets it now. Why her sister was always breaking things.
Because rage shatters out, not in.”

“You may be her plaything. But I am her god”.

“happiness makes time move quick.”

i did start this book without knowing anything and i just realized it is about VAMPIRES AND I LOVE IT

“A name is like a dress. It might be by nature pretty or plain, but it is the person wearing it who matters most”

“it is one thing to be stormed, and another to be conquered—the difference between a brief invasion and a long-term siege.”

“She is used to wanting plenty, but it is another thing to be wanted”

“ Nothing fits, even if it’s fitted, because it’s not really about the size of the body or how it fills the clothes, but how much space it takes up in the world.”

“And how is a miracle different from a spell? Who is to say the saint was not a witch?”

“He was American, not stupid.”

JAJAJSJSJJAJAJAJ

“Are you a Buddhist?”
“No. I’m an asshole. But I keep trying.”

this book is full of pure comedy along with the most bizarre things

so the death ones are like the npc of this weird god????? i’m so freaking lost 😭

“Happiness felt very far away, and like something only the innocent were entitled to.”

“There is a certain personality type that is addicted to the concept of its own intellect. They are the people who insist they saw the twist in the movie coming, who always thought that the divorced couple were unhappy, that the female celebrity seemed crazy. They are also the people who always knew you were gay, and they can’t resist talking about it.”

“the best oil was in the sperm whale’s brain. They called that the junk. And they would lower someone down, with a winch or whatever, into the whale’s skull, and he would have to, like, scoop out the brains.”

you learn something new everyday…

“I was too turned on by the notion of a man protecting me not to follow him.”

girl i’m- HAHAHAJAJAJJAJS

“this early-twenties problem of having a man in your life whose role you cannot name.”

this is so reaaaal 😭

great writing finally 😭🙏

what the fuck am i even reading???

this writing style is kinda trash but you know i like to make myself suffer 🤩

cute, some stuff doesn’t make sense but i’m here for the vibes!

“Not wanting me to go isn’t the same as wanting me to stay.”

cuteeeee ❤️

me está encantandooo, aunque en general siento que no ha pasado gran cosa.

nunca me había reído tanto leyéndome un libro