Good ideas Quote by Sally Rooney

““All these people are suffering without the tools to end their own suffering. And we who have the tools refuse to do anything about it because the people who take action are criticized? Oh, that's all very well, but then, what action do I ever take? In my defense, I'm very tired, and I don't have any good ideas.””

Sally Rooney

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“Well, if that's suffering, he thinks, let me suffer. Yes. To love whoever I have left. And if ever I lose someone, let me…

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“I thought about all the things I had never told Nick about myself, and I started to feel better.”

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