"I feel sorry for beautiful people. Beauty, from the moment you possess it, is already slipping away, ephemeral. That must be difficult. Always having to prove that there's more to you, wanting people to see beneath the surface, to be loved for yourself, and not your stunning body, sparkling eyes or thick, lustrous hair." --- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman

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“Wasn‘t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?” - - - Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life.

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“You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or human. Living hurts.”
― V. E. Schwab, This Savage Song.

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“When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.” - - - Neil Gaiman, Coraline.

this book is one of my 5/5 🌟 reads this year, so far. i couldn't recommend it enough to everyone, honestly. if you want to read a fricking brilliant book about autism, you gotta pick this piece up!