Author Archives: Attempted Love

John Green says you don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world…

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Attempted Love

“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you.” – John Green

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Hanif Kureishi says soon we will be strangers…

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history.” – Hanif Kureishi, Intimacy: das Buch zum Film von Patrice Chereau

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Iain Thomas says you still value the things you’ve lost the most…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Yet you still value the things you’ve lost the most. Because the things you’ve lost are still perfect in your head. They never rusted. They never broke. They are made of the memories you once had, which only grow rosier … Continue reading →

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Kamila Shamsie says somewhere deep within the marrow of our marrow…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Somewhere deep within the marrow of our marrow, we were the same.” – Kamila Shamsie, Kartography

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Brad Meltzer says I don’t think you’re in love with the past…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Attempted Love

“I don’t think you’re in love with the past. I think you’re scared of the future.” – Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle

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Aberjhani says dare to love yourself…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Attempted Love

“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” – Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

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The Great Kamryn says the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you’ll see their flaws…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Attempted Love

“The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you’ll see their flaws. That’s just the way it is. This is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don’t last. You might think you … Continue reading →

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