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anne carson’s “the effort of speaking as a human is the effort to get past that hopelessness with every sentence” daughter or franz kafka’s “i am constantly trying to communicate, to tell about something i only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones”son
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getting to experience cold, stormy nights with heavy rain and a gothic novel in hand again is enough to make me fall in love with life all over again
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Reading a book in public is only performative to people that don’t read books. To a reader, every waiting room, park bench, train carriage, airport gate, and café table is another potential chapter.
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this is exactly why dating someone with a past scares me. i understand that memories don’t fade, but constantly putting an ex on a pedestal while making your current partner feel second-best is unfair. if you’re with someone new, pls let them feel chosen😭.
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lowkey agree but please don't do translation a disservice like this. a translation is a transformation and that doesn't inherently mean destruction. once again: i truly understand and share the sentiment, but translation is its own beautiful art.



















































