“When does a war end? When can I say your name and have it mean only your name and not what you left behind?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Isn’t that the saddest thing in the world, Ma? A comma forced to be a period?”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“He loves me, he loves me not, we are taught to say, as we tear the flower from its flowerness. To arrive at love, then, is to arrive through obliteration. Eviscerate me, we mean to say, and I'll tell you the truth.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“They say every snowflake is different—but the blizzard, it covers us all the same. A friend in Norway told me a story about a painter who went out during a storm, searching for the right shade of green, and never returned.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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