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“I felt like I was the saddest boy in the universe. Summer had come and gone. Summer had come and gone. And the world was ending.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Everything good is always somewhere else.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“All kinds of things are happening to me. Some I chose, some I didn't. I don't know how to tell one from the other anymore. What I mean is, it feels like everything's been decided in advance - that I'm following a path somebody else has already mapped out for me. It doesn't matter how much I think things over, how much effort I put into it. In fact, the harder I try, the more I lose my sense of who I am. It's like my identity's an orbit that I've strayed far away from, and that really hurts. But more than that, it scares me. Just thinking about it makes me flinch.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“I love you to pieces, distraction, etc.”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey