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“My heart stopped. It just stopped beating. And for the first time in my life, I had that feeling. You know, like the world is moving all around you, all beneath you, all inside you, and you’re floating. Floating in midair. And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person’s eyes. They’re connected to yours by some invisible physical force, and they hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.”
Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped (via modernhepburn)
(Source: kari-shma, via modernhepburn)
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“Sensitive heart, you’re doomed from the start
Meant to play the penitent part.
Inquisitive mind, you’re destined to find
Tempted fate and knowledge divine.”
Tennis (via degaussedsoul)
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“She saw herself, in the distant years, still in the attitude of a woman who had her life to live… Deep in her soul—deeper than any appetite for renunciation—was the sense that life would be her business for a long time to come.”
Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (via leopoldgursky)
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