5 book quotes that are burned into our retinas

A book is only as good as its best kicker. A single line can make you laugh, break your heart or expose a thought so personal it makes you feel naked. There’s no greater feeling than dog-earing the page of a book and highlighting a sentence so you can easily find it later. In these entries, we share the quotes that have stuck with us — and, in natural Arts desk fashion, we make a few things about ourselves. ‘Connell wished he knew how other people conducted their private lives, so that he could copy from example.’ From “Normal People” by Sally Rooney (Allina Xiao for WSN) My first year of college made me feel like I was floundering through a life everyone else already knew how to live. Suddenly, I was making unprecedented decisions, speaking words I didn’t really agree with and exploring the infinite possibilities of the person I could become away from home.

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