Why wasn't friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn't it even better? It was two people who remained together, day after day, bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children or property, but only by the shared agreement to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union that could never be codified.
Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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parties
moments from a little life
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Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
eurydice, sarah ruhl // francis forever, mitski // hamlet, william shakespeare // the worm king's lullaby, richard siken // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // walking home, marie howe // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // the epic of gilgamesh // from june to december - summer villanelle, wendy cope // eurydice, sarah ruhl
outhouse, rachel mckibbens // hamlet, william shakespeare // the great believers, rebecca makkai // a little life, hanya yanagihara // introduction to quantum theory, franny choi // concerning the book that is the body of the beloved, gregory orr // the song of achilles, madeline miller // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // les miserables, victor hugo // eurydice, sarah ruhl
the epic of gilgamesh // eurydice, sarah ruhl // in the name of love, katie maria // the great believers, rebecca makkai // i swear somewhere this works, trista mateer // the time traveller's wife, audrey niffenegger // hamlet, william shakespeare // on the death of summer and baptismal promises, w.r. // amy & roger's epic detour, morgan matson // road to hell (reprise), anaïs mitchell
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You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.
-Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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“What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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roman + shiv roy, privilege + luxury
a little life, hanya yanagihara
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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musings on the ones who leave and the ones who stay (part 1)
Ocean Vuong, @blossomfully, Hannah Nelson, Malcolm T. Liepke, Agust D (ft Kim Jong Wan), Ross Gay, Barbara Hamby, Aja Kusick, Arnold Lobel, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Hanya Yanagihara
buy me a coffee
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You know I don’t agree with what you did. But I understand why you did it.
Hanya Yanagihara
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"Limes," says Jude, looking up at him and shielding his eyes against the sun.
“Right, he says, and bends down, takes Jude's sunglasses off him, kisses him on his eyelids, and replaces his glasses. Summer, JB has always said, is Jude's season: his skin darkens and his hair lightens to almost the same shade, making his eyes turn an unnatural green, and Willem has to keep himself from touching him too much. "I'll be back in a little while."
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
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You won’t understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.
- Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life
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You know I don’t agree with what you did. But I understand why you did it.
Hanya Yanagihara
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