“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
“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
“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
“The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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