But the people who did get that love, they grew up to be different from us. More secure. Maybe they’re not as shiny or successful as you and I feel we have to be. But it’s not because they’re not interesting. They just don’t feel they have to do the tap dance, you know? They don’t have to prove themselves all the time to be loved. Because they always were.
Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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I thought we could forgive each other
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a sweet slow morning, then back to studying 🤎
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Books with a "tinge" of pink.
Do you ever just stare at the book you're reading because of how beautiful the cover is? I know I did with these books. Long story short, I enjoyed Bunny so much that I'm currently re-reading and annotating it right now.
— Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh, Bunny by Mona Awad, All's Well by Mona Awad
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J’imagine que c’est à ça que devrait ressembler la vie : partir pour un long voyage en voiture avec tous ses soucis et ses espoirs enroulés autour de soi, tandis que ceux qu’on aime le plus au monde font frénétiquement coucou dans le rétroviseur.
Coco Mellors, Cléopâtre et Frankenstein
VO : “I guess that’s what life should feel like, setting off on a long car ride with all your worries and hopes strapped around you, the people who love you most frantically waving you off as you go”
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“I look at Frank. That was the thing about him. He noticed that. He noticed people. It was his gift. Or really, it was the gift he gave you. To be seen.”
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A little summary of my 2024 reading, including my current read 'Cleopatra and Frankenstein' by Coco Mellors 💔 and featuring my reading journal 📚✍️:
😨 'Dark Entries' by Robert Aickman 25 Jan 24 - 01 Feb 24
🧙♂️ 'Earthsea: The First Four Books' by Ursula K. Le Guin, 29 Dec 23 - 09 March 24
😈 'Hell Bent' by Leigh Bardugo, 10 Feb 24 - 09 March 24
🕵♂️ 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold' by John le Carré, 26 Feb 24 - 11 March 24
🏫 'Dead Poets Society' by N. H. Kleinbaum, 11 March 24 - 15 March 24
🎾 'Carrie Soto is Back' by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 15 March 24 - 20 March 24
🏴 'O Caledonia' by Elspeth Barker, 23 March 24 - 28 March 24
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Coco Mellors, from “Cleopatra and Frankenstein”
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"È così che ci si sente quando si ama."
"Come hummus?"
"Come la terra. L'amore ti tiene a terra. Tutte quelle sciocchezze sul fatto che l'amore è come una droga, l'amore ti fa volare alto, sono falsità.
L'amore dovrebbe sostenerti, come la terra."
Coco Mellors
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Insta: TheBookSaviour
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I am lonely, of course. I’m so lonely I could make a map of my loneliness. In my mind it looks like South America, colossal, then petering out to a jagged little tip. Sometimes I’m so lonely I’m not even on that map.
Coco Mellors, Cleopatra & Frankenstein
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– Coco Mellors, Cleopatra and Frankenstein
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When the darkest part of you meets the darkest part of me, it creates light.
Coco Mellors: "Cleopatra and Frankenstein", S.37
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Rainy nights & a new read
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