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“love is something you can learn. Love is something you can practice. It's something you can choose to get good at. And here's how you do it." He let go of his walker to signal he meant business: "Appreciate your person.”
― The Rom-Commers
― The Rom-Commers
“You're not here to hurt me.'
'You don't know that.' A muscle ticked in his jaw. 'This morning I nearly tossed you over the side of a bridge.'
'You also just killed someone to save my life.'
'Maybe I just enjoy killing people.”
― A Curse for True Love
'You don't know that.' A muscle ticked in his jaw. 'This morning I nearly tossed you over the side of a bridge.'
'You also just killed someone to save my life.'
'Maybe I just enjoy killing people.”
― A Curse for True Love
“He didn't believe they could kiss. He believed in doomed love and unhappily ever after.”
― A Curse for True Love
― A Curse for True Love
“She just wanted one last glimpse, one last minute, one last hug.”
― A Curse for True Love
― A Curse for True Love
“And maybe, in a way, I started wanting my fantasies about the future to stay fantasies.
Right? Because if fantasies come true, they can't be fantasies anymore.
And then what do you have to fantasize about?
All to say, I got very comfortable living like that.
And everything that happened since I came to LA? It was the opposite of comfortable. And it was certainly the opposite of fantasy. Of course I should seize this opportunity. Of course I should be here and do this! Whatever "this" would turn out to be. There wasn't another reasonable choice. When you finally get your chance, you have to take it.
But it was one thing to live your dreams in theory—and it was absolutely another thing to clumsily, awkwardly, terrifiedly do it for real.”
― The Rom-Commers
Right? Because if fantasies come true, they can't be fantasies anymore.
And then what do you have to fantasize about?
All to say, I got very comfortable living like that.
And everything that happened since I came to LA? It was the opposite of comfortable. And it was certainly the opposite of fantasy. Of course I should seize this opportunity. Of course I should be here and do this! Whatever "this" would turn out to be. There wasn't another reasonable choice. When you finally get your chance, you have to take it.
But it was one thing to live your dreams in theory—and it was absolutely another thing to clumsily, awkwardly, terrifiedly do it for real.”
― The Rom-Commers
Alisha & Zuby’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Alisha & Zuby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
308 books
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25 friends
187 books
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20 friends
431 books
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694 friends
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3,511 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Manga, Mystery, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Sports, Travel, and Young-adult
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