#bealect

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"For me, America was a place to bury my memories. For Baba, a place to mourn his."

Amir, The Kite Runner

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"Say that Evelyn Hugo doesn't care if everyone forgets her name. Evelyn Hugo doesn't care if everyone forgets she was ever alive. Better yet, remind them that Evelyn Hugo never existed. She was a person I made up for them. So that they would love me. Tell them that I was confused, for a very long time, about what love was. Tell them that I understand now, and I don't need their love anymore. "

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"I told her every single day that her life had been the world's greatest gift to me, that I believed I was put on earth not to make movies or wear emerald-green gowns and wave at crowds but to be her mother."

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"Some marriages aren't really that great. some loves aren't all-encompassing. Sometimes you separate because you weren't that good together to begin with. Sometimes divorce isn't an earth-shattering loss. Sometimes it's just two people waking up out of a fog. "

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"I had learned all too well that pain was sometimes stronger than we need to keep up appearances."

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"There's a difference between sexuality and sex. I used to get what I wanted. Sex is just an act. Sexuality is a sincere expression of desire and pleasure. That I always kept for Celia."

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"You didn't just keep me alive, you made me live."

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"People have their stamps on how long you should know someone before yearning the right to say it, but I wouldn't lie to you no matter how little time we have. People waste time and wait for the right moment and we don't have the luxury. If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you'd get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I'm positive that's the path we were heading on. But because we're about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want - I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you."