Duncan Alonso

“You can write it all down, you can put it in your book of facts, but the truth is no one can ever really understand the tangle of experiences and passions that makes you who you are. It's a secret collection, a private language, a pebble in your pocket that you play with when you're anxious.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“Per-haps every can of cashews has a fake snake lurking, but you keep opening them, stupidly, because in your heart of hearts you still believe in cashews.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“I think you and I share the same disillusionment, sprouted from long-buried hope.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“Most important, though, is the unspoken understanding that both of you are people—weak, wounded, fragile, forgivable people doing the very best you can under the impossible circumstance that is day-to-day existence.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory