'I want what we all want,' said Carl. 'To move certain parts of the interior of myself into the exterior world, to see if they can be embraced.'
Listen to me. I’m shy. I’m not stupid. I can’t meet people’s eyes. I don’t know if you understand what that’s like. There’s a whole world going on around me, I’m aware of that. It’s not because I don’t want to look at you, Lucinda. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.
To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions.
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Enough of this. Does every conversation with you have to be the director's cut?
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The wind was picking up off the ocean now and the whole coastal scene had a bleak, abandoned look, as though Maine in November really belonged to the ragged gulls who wheeled over the sun.
Macht ist das Wissen darum, dass sie tun können, was sie wollen und das niemand sie davon abhalten kann.
Power is knowing that you can do whatever you want, and not one person can stop you.
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Wenn jemand nicht als das erkannt wird, was er wirklich ist, kann das sehr gefährlich sein.
When someone isn’t seen for what they truly are, that’s a very dangerous thing.
Paul Randolph in Motherless Brooklyn
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Okay, listen. I got something wrong with me. That’s the first thing to know. I twitch and shout a lot. It makes me look like a damn freak show. But inside my head is an even bigger mess. I can’t stop twisting things around, words and sounds especially. I have to keep playing with them until they come out right.
Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn
Er hat mir beigebracht, meinen Kopf zu benutzen, ihn zu einer Stärke zu machen. Er gab mir einen Platz in dieser Scheißwelt, bis ich alles vermasselt hab'.
He’s the one who taught me how to use my head, turn it into a strength. He gave me a place in this crappy world, until I screwed up.
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Walk until the darkness is a memory, and you become the sun on the next traveler's horizon.
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