l’amour

and Arthur was amazed that kissing could feel like that, like both a blessing and a comfort,
Lex Croucher • Gwen and Art Are Not in Love
"And we leave home and go to live with this person for ever; not because we are sure that he is the right person: in fact we are not entirely sure, and we always suspect that the right person for us is hiding away goodness knows where in the city. But we don't want to know where he is hiding; we feel that we have by now very little to say to him,
... See moreThe Little Virtues, Natalia Ginzburg
From Giovanni’s Room - finding this online is super serendipitous as I highlighted this passage while reading the book in bed last night ! that has to mean something !

