“Do you think they know what it means to love?" his projection-self mused aloud to him. "That it isn't the simple joy of fondness, I mean. In fact it's violent, destructive. It means to cut the heart out of your chest and give it to someone else.”
― The Atlas Paradox
― The Atlas Paradox
“To know what people really are and not destroy them is savagely remarkable. She has exceptional restraint.”
― The Atlas Paradox
― The Atlas Paradox
“One thing I'm sure Colborne will never understand is that I need language to live, like food—lexemes and morphemes and morsels of meaning nourish me with the knowledge that, yes, there is a word for this. Someone else has felt it before.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains
“A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with. You may not live on the island, but you can’t tell me it’s not your home. Your bubble, Mr. Baker. It’s been popped. Why would you allow it to grow around you again?”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Most adults see teenagers as confused kids who don't understand much, while they're the pillars of knowledge and experience and know exactly what is right at all times.
I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all.”
― I Was Born for This
I think the truth is that everyone in the entire world is confused and nobody understands much of anything at all.”
― I Was Born for This
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