November 2011
Milne.
thebookstheygaveme:
I’m not the most optimistic person. In fact some of my friends affectionately call me “Debbie” as in “Debbie Downer” when I take a fatalistic stance on things. My boyfriend lovingly calls me “Eeyore” for the same reason, and also because I mentioned in passing how he was my favorite character. I find his morose attitude to be hilarious, and often times I wish others felt the...
“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people...”
– Paulo Coelho (via monsieurmademoiselle)
Ishiguro.
thebookstheygaveme:
We’d met on a summer human rights fellowship in Paris. She had a boyfriend; I couldn’t keep my mind off her. When we returned to the States — she began law school in New York, I stayed with family in Boston — we thought it was over. But I convinced her to let me visit her for one weekend in August. I took the Fung Wah Chinatown bus to Canal Street, where she picked me up....
