Τραπέζι για δύο
Casey McQuiston, 2024
A friends-to-lovers romance about old feelings, a shared dream, and the nerve it takes to begin again somewhere unfamiliar.
Feels like longing, humor and passion. About love, friendship and adventure.
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Sometimes the hardest place to visit is the one you invented together.
Η πόλη της Οκλαχόμα. Υποσχεθήκαμε να συναντιόμαστε εκεί κάθε καλοκαίρι, πάντα έβρισκα όμως δικαιολογίες να μην πάω, και δεν ήταν ποτέ ιδιαίτερα καλές. Τα καστανά του μάτια λάμπουν τόσο πολύ στο φως της λάμπας, πλαισιωμένα από την ηλίθια περούκα της Σερ, που του λέω την αλήθεια – σχεδόν: Όταν έφυγε, συνειδητοποίησα πως είχα ερωτευτεί από το πουθενά τον καλύτερό μου φίλο. Κι ήταν πολλά πια τα οχτακόσια χιλιόμετρα για να έχει σημασία, κι εκείνος μου μιλούσε στο τηλέφωνο για τα πρώτα του ραντεβού, κι αυτό πονούσε. Πάρα πολύ. Θα μου ράγιζε την καρδιά η πόλη της Οκλαχόμα. «Λυπάμαι» του λέω. «Ήταν απαίσιο από μέρους μου. Σου φέρθηκα απαίσια». «Α» λέει μόνο. Casey McQuiston.Casey McQuiston’s debut novel, Red, White & Royal Blue, became a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into a film.
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The person whose description of you becomes the way you see yourself.
After school we used to lie in her room listening to music and talking about why we liked each other. These were long and intense conversations, and felt so momentous to me that I secretly transcribed parts of them from memory in the evenings. When Bobbi talked about me it felt like seeing myself in a mirror for the first time. I also looked in actual mirrors more often. I started taking a close interest in my face and body, which I’d never done before. I asked Bobbi questions like: do I have long legs? Or short?
Conversations with Friends · Sally Rooney
What it sounds like to be chosen by someone who knows you.
He’s still looking in my eyes. Staring me down like he did that dragon, chin tilted and locked. "I’m not the Chosen One," he says. I meet his gaze and sneer. My arm is a steel band around his waist. "I choose you," I say. "Simon Snow, I choose you.
Carry On · Rainbow Rowell
The exact moment unspoken feelings become too powerful to contain.
Why?Why? Why?” He gave each one a different tenor, as if he were testing out the word, asking it to different people. “Why?” he asked again, this time with increased volume as he turned around to face her. “Why? It’s because I love you, damn me to hell. Because I’ve always loved you. Because I loved you when you were with John, and I loved you when I was in India, and God only knows I don’t deserve you, but I love you, anyway.” Francesca sagged against the door. “How’s that for a witty little joke?” he mocked. “I loveyou. I loveyou, my cousin’s wife. I loveyou, the one woman I can never have. I loveyou, Francesca Bridger-ton Stirling.
When He Was Wicked · Julia Quinn
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