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English Audio Request

yukino
167 Words / 4 Recordings / 2 Comments
Note to recorder:

Thank you for your help! ^_^

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”

Recordings

  • "Have you ever been in love?" (from Neil Gaiman quotes) ( recorded by deleted ), unspecified accent

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  • "Have you ever been in love?" (from Neil Gaiman quotes) ( recorded by Thomas ), American (Texas)

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  • "Have you ever been in love?" (from Neil Gaiman quotes) ( recorded by bananaman ), British English (London)

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  • "Have you ever been in love?" (from Neil Gaiman quotes) ( recorded by MilkyBlue ), American Midwest (standard)

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Comments

yukino
Sept. 15, 2011

Thank you very much for your recording, Thomasさん! :D

Thomasさん、ありがとうございます!:D

Thomas
Sept. 15, 2011

My pleasure. I'm not too familiar with Neil Gaiman's work, but from this passage I can tell he's a really good writer. I enjoyed reading it!

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