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"Our whole world's gone dark and rotten, its belly bloated with worms, and you let the answer hide..."

"Do you think a man is the only creature with whom one may fall in love?"

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"It is not a perfect kiss but it is true in its intention. They allow what they have done to become real to them before they kiss again."

"There was something about the intensity of Harper's focus when you had it all to yourself that was both unsettling and almost, but not quite, pleasant."

"Other people called her hot, sometimes--creeps at the grocery store, Rob's friends--but Eric said she was cursed by queer beauty, which he could manage to say in a way that didn't sound dumb. It made her feel seen."

(thank) GOD these women are TRAGIC

"I am a selfish conceited impudent little animal, it is true. But after all I am only one grand conglomeration of wanting. And when someone comes over the barren hill to satisfy the wanting I will be humble, humble, in my triumph."