“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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