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thinks, not for the first time, and certainly not for the last, how much simpler it would be to be a man, how easily they move through the world, and at such little cost.
Yup u get it sister
“It is a crime,” he says, “that women are not taught the same as men. Why, a world without reading, I cannot fathom it. A whole long life without poems, or plays, or philosophers.
Preach!!!
“Do you think a life has any value if one doesn’t leave some mark upon the world?”
Ooooooo lets not get into that rn
“I would see you again,” he says, “in daylight, or in darkness. As a woman, or a man. Please, let me see you again.”
Oh my god this is beautiful
“My name is Addie LaRue.
How is she able to say it???
“I never understood why I should believe in something I could not feel, or hear, or see.”
Paris is burning.
Reading is fundamental
“Hey, it’s not every day that your girlfriend turns three hundred.”
Me to bucky
“You loved me,” he says. “And I loved you.” “And yet,” she says, “you didn’t come to find me until I’d found someone else.”
OH SHIT
It was messy. It was hard. It was wonderful, and strange, and frightening, and fragile—so fragile it hurt—and it was worth every single moment.
She peels back the cover, turns past the title to the dedication. Three small words rest in the center of the page. I remember you.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
