do you ever think about how willem spends the entire book (specially the third part of ‘the happy years’) afraid of losing jude…. just to end up going first

Since then, Willem has held him in the same way every night, even through July, when not even the air-conditioning could erase the heaviness from the air, and when they both woke damp with sweat. This, he realizes, is what he wanted from a relationship all along. This is what he meant when he hoped he might someday be touched

It cannot be good for our souls to be living in a world where polyester clothing is sold for $200

thinking about how willem loved jude so much that from a single image harold could tell willem was looking at jude

jude and willem not having a happy ending is my villain origin story

Just saw someone on Instagram say closing a little life by hanya yanaghihara feels like losing a close friend because of how real all the characters feel and it’s exactly how it felt to finish it for the first time