Fame comes with money,” I point out. “Money’s helpful.”
“Fame also comes with people telling you whatever they think you want to hear.”
aicirtaPhas quoted14 days ago
It’s one thing to accept that the person I love most is fundamentally unknowable to me; it’s another to accept that she doesn’t quite see me either.
aicirtaPhas quoted19 days ago
I’m used to rats—most run away at the sight of a person, and the rest basically just hold out tiny hats to beg for bits of pizza.
wtf
Mihajlo Petrovićhas quoted6 months ago
She wonders whether what comes next could ever live up to the expectations.
She doesn’t know. You never can.
She turns the page anyway.
Mihajlo Petrovićhas quoted6 months ago
For anyone who wants it all,” she begins, “may you find something that is more than enough.”
Sumi Ghas quoted9 months ago
“I know,” he says. “I can read you like a book.”
Sumi Ghas quoted9 months ago
You let me love you as much as I know I can, for as long as I know I can, and you have it fucking all.
Sumi Ghas quoted9 months ago
“That’s a face.”
“I’ve always had one, Stephens,” he says. “Fairly disappointing you just noticed.”
Sumi Ghas quoted9 months ago
“You’re in books. Of course you don’t have a life. None of us do. There’s always something too good to read.”
Sumi Ghas quoted9 months ago
Another “universal truth” Austen could’ve started Pride and Prejudice with: When you tell yourself not to think about something, it will be all that you can think about.