„It's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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This Is How You Lose Her is the second collection of short stories by Junot Díaz. It is the third of Díaz's books to feature his recurring protagonist Yunior, following his 1996 short story collection, Drown and his 2007 novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The collection is composed of nine interlinked short stories.
„… sometimes a start is all we ever get.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„The half life of love is forever.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
Variant: The half-life of love is forever.
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„Clavo saca clavo.
Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„And that's when I know it's over. As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it's the end.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„Nobody likes children, your mother assured you. That doesn't mean you don't have them.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„Out of nowhere you said, I love you. For whatever it's worth.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„A person doesn't mourn forever.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„Our relationship wasn't the sun, the moon, the stars, but it wasn't bullshit, either.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„The truth is there ain’t no relationship in the world that doesn’t hit turbulence.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„I'm like everybody else: weak, full of mistakes, but basically good.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„That was the summer when everything we would become was hovering just over our heads.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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„but back then, in those first days, I was so alone that every day was like eating my own heart.“
— Junot Díaz, book This Is How You Lose Her
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