Theodore Finch Quotes

“You saved my life. Why couldn't I save yours?”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Never bullshit a bullshitter.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I think this is the ugliest place I’ve ever seen. Not just here. The whole state.” I hear my parents telling me not to be negative, which is funny because I’ve always been the happy one. It’s Eleanor who was moody. “I used to think that. But then I realized, believe it or not, it’s actually beautiful to some people. It must be, because enough people live here, and they can’t all think it’s ugly.” He smiles out at the ugly trees and the ugly farmland and the ugly kids as if he can see Oz. As if he can really, truly see the beauty that’s there. In that moment I wish I could see it through his eyes.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Lovely is a lovely word that should be used more often.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“You make me happy...
You make me special...
You make me lovely...”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“As he talks, I lie back against the ground, the blanket wrapped around me, and say to the sky, "May your eye go to the Sun, To the wind your soul, You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Sometimes things feel true to us, even if they're not.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I
Am
In
Pieces”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Positive ones go on the wall, negative on the floor over there. He points to this heap of paper. It's important to get those down but they don't need to stick around after you do”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Sometimes, things feel true to us, even if they're not.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I can't wait. I thought i could, but i can't. Sorry”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Not here. Not now”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Lovely' is a lovely word that should be used more often.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“-Cara, por que você faz isso?
-Porque todos vamos morrer um dia. Eu só quero estar preparado.
Esse não é o motivo, claro, mas a explicação foi suficiente pra ele. A verdade é que existem muitos motivos, que mudam diariamente [...]”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Nisandan beri içimde hep aynı his vardı; sanki bir şeyi bekliyordum. Ama beklediğim şeyin ne olduğuna dair hiçbir fikrim yoktu.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“But I bring it up to let you know that this is the way I feel right now. Like Jupiter are aligned with the earth and i'm floating.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“-Penso bem melhor à noite, quando todo mundo está dormindo. Sem interrupções. Gosto da sensação de estar acordado quando ninguém está.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Quais sentimentos são reais? Quais dos meus eus sou eu?”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“ödlek bir tavuk gibi korkuluğa sarılmışken cesur görünmek pek de mümkün değildir.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Bugün de olmaz,” diye mırıldandım. “Çünkü bana gülümsedi.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“Ama sebebi o değil. Sebebi, aslında hiçbir şeyin öneminin olmaması. Ne okul, ne ponpon kız takımı, ne arkadaşlar, erkek arkadaşlar, partiler, yaratıcı yazarlık bölümleri, ne de..” Kollarını tüm dünyayı işaret edercesine iki yana açtı. “Hepsi, ölünceye kadar oyalanmamız için uydurulmuş türlü meşgaleler.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“The thing I don't say is: I want to stay alive. The reason I don't say it is because, given that fat folder in front of him, he'd never believe it. And here's something else he'd never believe—I'm fighting to be here in this shitty, messed-up world. Standing on the ledge of the bell tower isn't about dying. It's about having control. It's about never going to sleep again.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“You are all the colours in one, at full brightness”
― theodore finch