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"The questing, anxiously, exacting way that we have of looking at the person we love, our eagerness for the word which will give us or take from us the hope of an appointment for the morrow, and, until that word is uttered, our alternate if not simultaneous imaginings of joy and despair, all this makes our attention in the presence of the beloved too tremulous to be able to carry away a very clear impression of her"

“you can’t be surprised st anything men do, they’re such cads.” pg.504

this always seems to find me at just the right time. it never does anything specific, but it’s been with me so long it’s comforting, familiar, even if none of it makes sense, or goes anywhere. it’s here, and that’s all.

“We do not tremble except for ourselves, or for those whom we love.” pg.348

oof arctic monkeys gig + this = forgetting shitty day amirite

“Suddenly I stood still, unable to move, as happens when we are faced with a vision that appeals not to our eyes only but requires a deeper kind of perception and takes possession of the whole of our being.” - pg.153
THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD AT DESCRIBING EVERYTHING