

“If you don't want anyone to know about your existence, you might as well kill yourself. You're taking up space, air.”
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
― A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

“Each morning, before Jackie started her studies, she wrote on a clean piece of paper: Tarde venientibus ossa.
To the latecomers are left the bones.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
To the latecomers are left the bones.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“You're always in a rush, or else you're too exhausted to have a proper conversation. Soon enough, the long hours, the traveling, the broken sleep have all crept into your being and become part of you, so everyone can see it, in your posture, your gaze, the way you move and talk.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go

“Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none”
― Gathering Blue
― Gathering Blue
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