💬 Quotes

"I wish for a lover's geography, to map the body of the one I love as if it were a landscape of dunes and hidden oases."

"We die containing a thick book of unclaimed love, unsent letters, and the maps of places we never had the courage to visit."

"Every night I spent in the desert, I felt the history of the world beneath my feet, indifferent to the wars we fight above it."

"Carrie White eats shit."

"You are all sorts of things in one day. You are one person when you wake up in the morning and another person by the time you go to sleep."

"You saved me. I need to tell you that. You saved me. And you didn't even know you were doing it."

"I’ve learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I’ve learned that not everything is black and white, but in color."

"No more bad days. We’re going to be awake. We’re going to be there. We’re going to live."

"Everyone defines 'bright' differently. For some, it’s the sun. For others, it’s the people who pull you out of the dark."

"I was linked to history, chained to it, handcuffed, ineluctably tethered to the enormous events of my time."

"To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world."

"Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence."

"Reality can have more than one point of view."

"What had been set in motion could not be stopped; the destinies of individuals were being woven into the fabric of the new nation."

"We are what we remember, and we are what we choose to forget."

"People make mistakes, Ronnie. That’s a part of life, but you have to learn from them."

"Music is the soul of the world, and there’s a song for every heart if you only listen closely enough."

"I’ll never forget the way you looked at me, like I was the only person in the world, and for a moment, I think I was."

"Love is fragile, and it’s up to us to keep it from breaking."

"You have to be able to forgive yourself before you can forgive anyone else."