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“I laughed. ‘For a policeman, you’re very romantic.’
‘For an artist, you’re very afraid,’ he said.”
― Bethan Roberts, My Policeman

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I would die for you. But I won't live for you.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“This moment will just be another story someday.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Enjoy it. Because it's happening.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time. ”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn't know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“When you’re looking for love and it seems like you might not ever find it, remember you probably have access to an abundance of it already, just not the romantic kind. This kind of love might not kiss you in the rain or propose marriage. But it will listen to you, inspire and restore you. It will hold you when you cry, celebrate when you’re happy, and sing All Saints with you when you’re drunk. You have so much to gain and learn from this kind of love. You can carry it with you forever. Keep it as close to you as you can.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

“There were things I couldn’t say; I could only write them. Because when I spoke, I thought; and when I wrote, I felt.”
― Benedict Wells, Vom Ende der Einsamkeit

“Es sollte echt ein Wort für dieses Gefühl geben“, sagte sie. „So was wie Euphancholie. Einerseits zerreißt’s dich vor Glück, gleichzeitig bist du schwermütig, weil du weißt, dass du was verlierst oder dieser Augenblick mal vorbei sein wird ... Dass alles mal vorbei sein wird.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Und als ich ihr Lachen hörte, da vergaß ich die Zeit und ließ mich mitreißen, und ich fühlte mich so, wie ich mich schon mein ganzes Leben lang fühlen wollte: übermütig und wach und mittendrin und unsterblich.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Es war nie wieder so toll, nicht mal, als es danach richtig toll war. Ich meine, es ist in den letzten Jahren fast alles wahrgeworden, was ich mir damals erträumt habe. Aber es war trotzdem nie so schön, wie davon zu träumen.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Sie konnte mir so ähnlich sein, und sie war das Gegenteil von mir, und wenn meine Stimmung eine leere Fabrikhalle war, dann war sie ein Haufen Kerzen.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Ich erzählte, dass meine Schwester in diesem Kaff vielleicht ihre beste Zeit gehabt habe und es für sie danach nie wieder so schön gewesen sei. Doch Helen meinte, dass in Wahrheit vielleicht gar nicht Grady das Geheimnis gewesen wäre, sondern vor allem, dass Jean damals jung war.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land

“Ich stellte mir vor, dass das eigene Ich aus vielen Puppen bestand, aus mutigen und ängstlichen und stillen und lauten, und überall hingen Fäden. Doch nie konnte man sehen, wer sie in der Hand hielt. Wer der innere Puppenspieler war.”
― Benedict Wells, Hard Land