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#1

“We may not get to choose how we die, but we can choose how we live.
The universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. Because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

tags: death, inspiring, universe, we-are-the-ants

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#2

“Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

tags: aliens, death, depression, life, loss, love, space, suicide, teen, ya

584 likes

#3

“Sometimes I think gravity may be death in disguise. Other times I think gravity is love, which is why love's only demand is that we fall.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

tags: aliens, death, gravity, love, teens, ya

314 likes

#4

“We're not words, Henry, we're people.
Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

tags: aliens, bullying, death, history, life, loss, love, space, stars, teen, ya

275 likes

#5

“As human beings, we seek meaning in everything. We're so good at discovering patterns that we see them where they don't exist.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

94 likes

#6

“Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

tags: aliens, drems, hope, love, space, ya

29 likes

#7

“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: emotions, mercy

5096 likes

#8

“I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: reading

3824 likes

#9

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: aesthetics, appreciation, hidden-things

3945 likes

#10

“Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

2229 likes

#11

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

84853 likes

#12

“But books–they’re different. When you watch a film, you’re sort of an outsider looking in. With a book–you’re right there. You are inside. You are the main character.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

549 likes

#13

“I think it's better to just read and not study books.”
― Alice Oseman, Solitaire

77 likes

#14

“Whenever I see someone reading a book, especially if it is someone I don't expect, I feel civilisation has become a little safer.”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

257 likes

#15

“Everything is going to be all right. Or, if not, everything is going to be, so let's not worry.”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

139 likes

#16

“And, just as it only takes a moment to die, it only takes a moment to live.”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

9 likes

#17

“You have to stop flicking ahead and just concentrate on the page you're on”
― Matt Haig, How to Stop Time

7 likes

#18

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

tags: life-philosophy, life-quotes

1131 likes

#19

“The only way to learn is to live.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

1574 likes

#20

“So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

105 likes

#21

“Everyone's different inside their head.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

423 likes

#22

“Everything's better under the stars, I suppose. If we get another life after we die, I'll meet you there, old sport...”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

209 likes

#23

“I wonder – if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

90 likes

#24

“Bedrooms are windows to the soul.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

99 likes

#25

“I don’t think age has much to do with adulthood.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence

66 likes

#26

“Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit; it comes from people who have nothing comforting or original to say.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me

tags: death, death-and-dying, death-of-a-loved-one, depressing, gay-romance, grief, heartbreaking, sad-quotes, time

307 likes

#27

“I'm sorry, but please don't be mad at me for reliving all of it. History is all you left me.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me

198 likes

#28

“But maybe people should be kind without reason.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me

137 likes

#29

“History remains with the people who will appreciate it most.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me

103 likes

#30

“You're dead, and I'm the worst kind of alive.”
― Adam Silvera, History Is All You Left Me

tags: death, grief, love

107 likes

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