#connell wildron

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Most people go through their whole lives, Marianne thought, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.

Normal people, 2021.

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He senses a certain receptivity in her expression, like she’s gathering information about his feelings, something they have learned to do to each other over a long time, like speaking a private language. He can feel his face get warm as she looks at him but he doesn’t want to look away. He can gather information from her face too. He gathers that she has things she wants to tell him.

- Normal people, Sally Rooney.

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Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was and become part of it. She had that feeling in school often, but it wasn’t accompanied by any specific images of what the real life might look or feel like. All she knew was that when it started, she wouldn’t need to imagine it anymore.

-Sally Rooney, Normal People.

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Normal people, Hulu 2020

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Normal people, 2021.