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“Do you think if people knew how crazy you really were, no one would ever talk to you?”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.”
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
“There is a great difference between being fearless and being brave.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.”
― The Girl on the Train
― The Girl on the Train
“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
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