“Everyone in this world is breathing borrowed air.”
― Five Feet Apart
― Five Feet Apart
“I don't mean it in any suicidal sense," she said, and she was whispering even quieter now, like she was telling me a terrible secret. "You know how you can have the most exausting day and you can't wait to get home and fall into bed and sleep for hours? I feel that way about life. There are people out there who read books about vampires and they crave immortality, but sometimes I'm so thankful that at the end of it all, we get to sleep forever. No more pain. No more exhaustion. Death is the reward for having lived.”
― Our Chemical Hearts
― Our Chemical Hearts
“The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
“The thing about falling is you don't have any control on your way down.”
― The Sun Is Also a Star
― The Sun Is Also a Star
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