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“Every time she tries to leave, the boy stops her, begging like a fool. And so she always returns, no matter how often she leaves or how far she goes, appearing soundlessly behind him and covering his eyes with her hands, spoiling for him anyone who could ever come after her.”

— Nicole Krauss, The History of Love (via books-n-quotes)

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Yes!

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“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.”

— Emmanuel Torres, Shapes of Silence (via books-n-quotes)

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This shit is totally endless

Everything is just so shit

And I can’t even begin to tell you why.

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“That is the saddest part when you lose someone you love — that person keeps changing. And later you wonder.. is this the same person I lost?”

— Amy Tan, The Kitchen God’s Wife (via books-n-quotes)

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“I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”

— Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (via books-n-quotes)

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Literally ever.

Facts.

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“I don’t think I understand people very well. I only know whether I like or dislike them.”

— E.M. Forster, A Passage to India (via books-n-quotes)

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“The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.”

— Glennon Melton, Carry On, Warrior (via books-n-quotes)

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“It’s better this way. A little lonelier but better.”

— Lisa Schroeder, The Day Before (via books-n-quotes)

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“Have you considered that if you don’t make waves, nobody including yourself will know that you are alive?”

— Theodore Isaac Rubin, American Psychiatrist (via books-n-quotes)

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“No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater…The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that’s the key. It’s like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot.”

— Sarah Dessen, This Lullaby (via books-n-quotes)

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“So here’s my question: when you lose the most important person to you in the entire world, where is all the love – love you never even knew you were capable of – supposed to go?”

— Ted Michael, Crash Test Love (via books-n-quotes)

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“If there’s a single lesson that life teaches us, it’s that wishing doesn’t make it so.”

— Lev Grossman

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“As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn’t have.”

— Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted (via books-n-quotes)

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I'll miss you everyday

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“I hope you find someone you can’t live without. I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it’s like to have to try and live without them.”

— Kiera Cass, The Selection (via books-n-quotes)