“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“We always say we are beneath the stars. We aren't, of course—there is no up or down, and anyway the stars surround us. But we say we are beneath them, which is nice. So often English glorifies the human—we are whos, other animals are that—but English puts us beneath the stars, at least.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“It’s a weird phrase in English, in love, like it’s a sea you drown in or a town you live in. You don’t get to be in anything else—in friendship or in anger or in hope. All you can be in is love.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“No one really changes. Assholes are always assholes. Angels are always angels. You are the person you've always been. Some people just learn to hide their ugly parts.”
― Twenty-one Truths About Love
― Twenty-one Truths About Love
“Just a little bit of shared language and culture can make a person feel like he's standing far outside of a group, wishing to find a way in.”
― Twenty-one Truths About Love
― Twenty-one Truths About Love
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