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“The problem with love, of course, is that it frequently asks too much of unlovable people. It can be hard, on even the best of days, to compel oneself to be selfless and patient and understanding or even halfway reasonable when one is not given to any of those behaviors. But these are nonetheless the qualities that love demands.”

“Jude moves one hand to the back of her head and says nothing, cups her skull like something small and easily stowed. It is easier, she thinks, to cry like this, with someone holding all her vital parts in place.”

“It’s not a nice quality (and, more to the point, it is not an interesting quality), this tendency to react to the prospect of intimacy with immediate panic. She is aware, painfully aware, that there is nothing more tedious than a person who turns to another and says, I don’t know, I just find it hard to stay interested in someone who actually likes me.”

this is exactly what it’s like to work in a coffee shop i kid you not. minor health code violation, gossiping in between fulfilling orders, being gay..