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“What do you, specifically, want from your unprecedented, never-to-be-repeated existence?”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“He asked God to reveal Himself, Herself, Themself, Itself, whatever. He asked with all the earnestness at his disposal, which was troves. If every relationship was a series of advances and retreats, Cyrus was almost never the retreat-er, sharing everything important about himself at a word, a smile, with a shrug as if to say, "Those're just facts. Why should I be ashamed?”
― Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!

“I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“Isn't it funny that the world could sink any second because of storm floods in China and hurricanes in the USA? And I just don't care? The sun is shining outside, and it's windy, and it's raining at the same time, straight down, and everything is glittering. I'm in a never-ending good mood.”
― Andreas Steinhöfel

“Maxim's voice, clear and strong, "Will someone take my wife outside?She is going to faint.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca

“And maybe that’s it: You do things in the moment for the person you hope you might be two years from now.”
― Alison Espach, The Wedding People