“She's sensitive, too. Takes to hurt the way water takes to paper.”
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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.
“I guess it's true what they say: if you wait long enough everything changes.”
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“This is what I know: people's hopes go on forever.”
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“And because love, real love, is not so easily shed.”
Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her
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“I put my hand on her knee. I just wish you'd say you love me.”
Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her
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“Sadness at being caught, at the incontrovertibe knowledge that she will never forgive you.”
Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her
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“You were at the age where you could fall in love with a girl over an expression, over a gesture”
Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her
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