“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
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“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place, and in the morning the weatherman could report if the water level of the Reservoir of Tears had gone up or down, and you could know if New York is in heavy boots.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“...the scholar's greatest weakness: calling hesitation research.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“She wants to know if I love her, that's all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there, like new batteries in the flashlight in the emergency kit in the hall closet.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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