Borne

Book by Jeff VanderMeer · 10 quotes · Identity, Relationships, Love

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“I love you, too, Borne," I said, and it was true. "But that doesn't change things." Maybe the memory of love was enough, maybe the time we'd had together would be enough. Yet, inside, I was panicking already, screaming at the thought of it.”

Love Fear Relationships Change Acceptance Heartbreak Memory Inner Turmoil

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“There were no constellations bright enough to blind me to him.”

Love Passion Stars Focus Devotion Obsession Romantic Imagery

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“I don't always understand, Rachel. I love you, but I don't understand.”

Love Relationships Honesty Acceptance Communication Confusion Vulnerability

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“But beneath that weight lay us, [...] the lines that connected a woman named Rachel to a man named Wick. There was a secret shape to it all that lived inside us, a map that slowly circled within our minds like a personal cosmology.”

Love Relationships Fate Identity Memory Connection Inner World Personal Mythology

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“I wanted to hold on to him as if he were the last sane thing in the world, even if it meant the end of me.”

Love Sacrifice Madness Devotion Connection Desperation End Of The World

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“Maybe, too, I realized right then in that moment that I'd begun to love him. Because he didn't see the world like I saw the world. He didn't see the traps. Because he made me rethink even simple words like disgusting or beautiful.”

Love Language Understanding Beauty Perspective Transformation Emotional Growth

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“I hadn't known I was so fragile, so delicate in motion. I didn't know Borne had loved me quite so much.”

Love Relationships Self Discovery Vulnerability Tenderness Fragility Emotional Growth

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“I meant it. But only if it was both of us. If it was just me, I would melt into the city. I would disappear and give up my name and my past and any hope of a home, and become no one.”

Love Loss Identity Transformation Vulnerability Belonging Self Sacrifice Anonymity

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“We held each other for a time in that hideaway, that unexpected sanctuary, while the city smoldered and the world went on changing without us.”

Love Time Change Chaos Intimacy Refuge Escape Sanctuary

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“I wanted to be worthy of it, the way Wick shone so bright, for me.”

Love Light Relationships Self Worth Aspiration Admiration Worthiness

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