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READ HIM COSIMA

"I felt the disparity between Hollywood and Europe in that moment; a dismissal or indication that he had shared as much as he had the stomach for. I was no more than a serf, or a lesser angel tending unreliable gods."

"You can be more(...). You are more. Believe that."

"It would take too much (...). More than I want to give. Here's the thing. You can live in your head or you can be happy. Too much of life is given to analysis. (...) That's not to say I want to live blindly, maestro, more than you have to give yourself up to the day in order to live it."

"It piqued my interest as much as the book: how she spent her days, how she lived. She wove her biography through all aspects of her work in such a way that was impossible not to pry. Those who create art from what is private must accept this, as I long since had. The question was, did she?"

"The value of the year has accumulated without her realising. The artwork feels like a peeled scab in her hands, its ugliness and purpose necessary. Under this, her skin is renewed." (okay bars...wow)

the queer yearning is crazy i'm kind of living 😭😭😭

the intro pages were kind of giving gone girl monologue but yk what i'm getting into the immersion rn we're sympathising