If you really love me, you have to come to me without demands, I thought but didn’t say, I wanted her to notice on her own. - Karl Ove Knausgård

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The other guests clapped. I sat down again, full of disgust for myself, because even though losing control of my emotions made a good impression and gave extra emphasis to what I had said, I was ashamed that I had revealed such weakness.

But what we were best at, what we were really the kings of, that was buses and sitting around in bedrooms. No one could beat us at that.