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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I think it’s okay to feel lost in your life. I think it’s okay not to reach that final goal (in your life). You may earn things while being lost or could make something out of it through the emotions you feel. I think it should be your judgement. You don’t have to make someone else judge the satisfaction of your life. I hope that you don’t feel too anxious about feeling lost in your life.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“Is there anyone out there, from our Blue Night family, that is crying alone tonight? Not crying out of pity for something or someone, but instead because they cannot help asking why they are living in the way that they are? Is there anyone that is feeling sentimental or guilty, needlessly? Don’t be like that. I hope that you believe that these bitter days of crying alone will prove to be the most beautiful days of your life. You’ll realize, with time, that your life is actually pretty alright. I promise you. In fact, I’ll write you a guarantee! The most beautiful thing in all the world is right now. This moment. You. Don’t ever forget that.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“Cry out loud once. Look at the mirror & shake it off. I’ve cried like that before & others will have times like that too. Cheer up, you’re not alone.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“Even though we can't communicate using the same language, we use music instead.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“Like a flower that falls as a little raindrop brushes by, you say those words like it’s nothing to you.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“And so he thought of her, who had become his reason to hold a pen for so many years.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“What was worrying is that it seemed this loneliness might not pass with time, might never fade away completely and stay locked within his heart.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“A love nurtured from the breast of loneliness knows no fulfilment.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“I couldn’t so much as sigh in fear that I’d extinguish you.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“have the wounds I gave you not healed yet? I’m sorry if that’s the case. If I didn’t notice.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“Life is drenched with emotion: we are dipped in each other’s colors, only to dry up again —

Isn’t that so? In fact, the world is fluctuating as it always does,

I think it’s only me who’s changed the most.

To understand and humbly accept this change.

I try to believe that this is the base for happiness”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“being alone, i don’t see it as something that simply disappears once you take care of it. it’s just like a shadow that follows you through life, see. still, some days i feel the need of a pat on the shoulder, and since the things i told you before comfort me greatly, i am going through a healthy loneliness.”
― Kim Jonghyun, Skeleton Flower: Things That Have Been Released and Set Free

“Always be with you, you, you, you, you, you. Baby come in be with you, you, you, you, you, you.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“Is there anyone out there that is crying alone tonight? Not crying out of pity for something or someone, but instead because they cannot help asking why they are living in the way that they are? Is there anyone that is feeling sentimental or guilty, needlessly? Don’t be like that. I hope that you believe that these bitter days of crying alone will prove to be the most beautiful days of your life. You’ll realize, with time, that your life is actually pretty alright. I promise you. In fact, I’ll write you a guarantee! The most beautiful thing in all the world is right now. This moment. You. Don’t ever forget that.”
― Kim Jonghyun

“I think time really is a medicine but, sometimes, it’s hard to know how to swallow that medicine”
― Kim Jonghyun

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.”
― Annie Proulx

“But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.”
― Neal Shusterman, Scythe

“The world has a talent for rewarding bad behavior with stardom”
― Neal Shusterman

“I had to paint you because I couldn't stand that you weren't here and this was the only way I could bring you back”
― Jojo Moyes, Honeymoon in Paris

“I’m fine, honestly.”
I force a smile. The best lie I know.”
― Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

“People just don't get it. You think, funeral, okay, maybe a little grief counseling, but then that's okay. We should kindly finish this and move on. But it's not over and it will never be over and how can you ever forget something like that? How are you supposed to carry on when the world around you stands still ?”
― Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

“I nod and smile again, although inside I feel completely different. I would like to scream loudly and beat everything to pieces”
― Naomi Gibson, Every Line of You

“He felt more and more like a ghost in his own life, forced to live in a blind spot of the entire world”
― Neal Shusterman

“Psychosomatische Beschwerden sind oft Ausdruck eines Hilferufs in Situationen, die den Betroffenen ausweglos erscheinen. In den meisten Fällen lassen sich diese Symptome nicht kontrollieren. Betroffene können die Symptome nicht selbst verursachen. Es handelt sich nicht um eine Handlung.”
― Milan Zimmermann, Murder Suicide – der inszenierte Tod: Die Wahrheit hinter Familientragödien, Beziehungsdramen und Amokläufen | True Crime zum Thema erweiterte Suizide

“Asking 'why' only makes us feel hopeless. Asking 'how' points the way forward, and shows us what we must do”
― Sue Klebold, A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

“When it happens, this is what happens: I shoot myself.

Not, you know, my self self. I shoot my future self. He steps out of a time machine, introduces himself as Charles Yu. What else am I supposed to do? I kill him. I kill my own future.”
― Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe