Sep 13, 2023
“Don’t get too cocky.”
“You might wanna use the door, for balance.”
“Why?”
“Because in a minute you’re not going to be able to feel your legs.”
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“Don’t get too cocky.”
“You might wanna use the door, for balance.”
“Why?”
“Because in a minute you’re not going to be able to feel your legs.”
There, before him, she repeated the face-rubbing gesture, and he nodded.
"She means it doesn't come off, Dana," he said quietly. "The black. She means the devil with people who say you're anything but what you are."
We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster than we should that we go bankrupt by the age of 30 and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make yourself feel nothing so as not to feel anything—what a waste!
Call me by your name, André Aciman
(pg 224; part of 2008 Germany)