

“Marianne, he said, I'm not a religious person but I do sometimes think God made you for me.”
― Normal People
― Normal People

“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Love. It’s the only thing you get to take with you, you know”
― All the Young Dudes
― All the Young Dudes
“He had never known two people could be simultaneously so angry with each other and so much in love.
And it was love. Without a doubt.”
― All the Young Dudes
And it was love. Without a doubt.”
― All the Young Dudes

“He often makes blithe remarks about things he 'wishes'. I wish you didn't have to go, he says when she's leaving, or: I wish you could stay the night. If he really wished any of those things, Marianne knows, then they would happen. Connell always gets what he wants, and then feels sorry for himself when what he wants doesn't make him happy.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
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