“That’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I loved having a dad who was smarter than the New York Times, and I loved how my cheek could feel the hairs on his chest through his T-shirt, and how he always smelled like shaving, even at the end of the day. Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Darling,
You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Your father”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
You asked me to write you a letter, so I am writing you a letter. I do not know why I am writing you this letter, or what this letter is supposed to be about, but I am writing it nonetheless, because I love you very much and trust that you have some good purpose for having me write this letter. I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.
Your father”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“what is the difference between being an independent person
and being a person who is accepting of loneliness”
― I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together
and being a person who is accepting of loneliness”
― I Will Never Be Beautiful Enough to Make Us Beautiful Together
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