“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Everything was beautiful. Not that there was anyone to share it with, anyone to tell. Just the beauty.”
― Heaven
― Heaven
“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
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