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"alright gang let’s see if this book will change my life" — Jan 25, 2026 09:34AM
"alright gang let’s see if this book will change my life" — Jan 25, 2026 09:34AM
“This is Hugo," the man said, touching the bird on his shoulder. "Hugo is a raven, and, as such, he knows many things. I, meanwhile, am Hodge Starkweather, a professor of history, and, as such, do not know nearly enough.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“My pills correct the chemicals, but Zoe is medicine for the soul. Her words mend my mangled world. "I wish we could have met now. Today. For the first time."
Her eyes, bluer than the sky. "Me too."
Maybe we are meeting for the first time. This is the truest me I can be. I'm just sorry I got here so late.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
Her eyes, bluer than the sky. "Me too."
Maybe we are meeting for the first time. This is the truest me I can be. I'm just sorry I got here so late.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
“Mom turns away from the map and presents me with a face that is meant to be brave and carefree but looks exactly not those things. She's wounded but still standing. That makes two of us.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
― Dear Evan Hansen
“The choices always seem to be fight or flight, but I typically end up somewhere in between, doing exactly neither. I stay and I take the beating.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
― Dear Evan Hansen
“After all these years, I'm a wizard at detecting even the slightest hint of disappointment in others, and any amount at all is unbearable.”
― Dear Evan Hansen
― Dear Evan Hansen
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