“And time is a curious thing. Most of us only live for the time that lies right ahead of us. A few days, weeks, years. One of the most painful moments in a person's life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead. And when time no longer lies ahead of one, other things have to be lived for. Memories, perhaps.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Neither novels or their readers benefit from any attempts to divine whether any facts hide inside a story. Such efforts attack the very idea that made-up stories can matter, which is sort of the foundational assumption of our species.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Every human being needs to know what she's fighting for.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. ”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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