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“It’s easy to hate someone when we don’t see them as being real people. But ignoring our differences isn’t the answer, either. I don’t think women are treated equally in this country, but in order to be treated equally, I don’t want men to ignore the fact that I’m a woman. I like being a woman. And men like being men far too much.”

"Life, Ari, can be an ugly thing. But life can be so incredibly beautiful. It’s both. And we have to learn to hold the contradictions inside us without despairing, without losing our hope.”

"To live and never to understand the strange and beautiful mysteries of the human heart is to make a tragedy of our lives." this is a beautiful book

oh no oh fuck here comes the tears here they are

“Why do we say the word ‘forever’ so much?”
“Because when you love someone, that’s the word that comes to mind.”

this is such. a special book

"But there was a difference between the art of running and the art of running away." the words in this book i read so far already mean the world to me.