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leopoldgursky › pulmonaire

you know what sucks about love? it’s so tied to the truth.

Can I just say this is one of the best books I’ve read in a really long time. 

I have a deep love for books who change your perspective on things and that causes you to appreciate the intricate genius of the book. 

Read it, you won’t be disappointed.

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For her, I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears and in her pockets she found feathers. I asked a pear to become a pineapple, a pineapple to become a lightbulb, a lightbulb to become the moon, and the moon to become a coin I flipped for her love, both sides were heads: I knew I couldn’t lose

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-  Nicole Krauss

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When the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.

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-  The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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When I see you, the world stops.
It stops and all that exists for me is you
and my eyes staring at you. There’s nothing else.
No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries,
no yesterday, no tomorrow. The world just stops,
and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you.
Just you, and my eyes staring at you.

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-  A Million Little Pieces

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I’ll hold on to the world tight some day. I’ve got one finger on it now; that’s a beginning.

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-  Fahrenheit 451

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Everything that’s born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they’re all on fire, and we’re all trapped.

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-  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.

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-  Everything is Illuminated

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It was not the feeling of completeness that I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.

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-  Everything is Illuminated

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