“But I still couldn't figure out what it all meant. The more I found out, the less I understood.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Tick, tock.”
― Catching Fire
― Catching Fire
“Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that some people have it harder than they do and that a trip through this world can be a wildly different experience, depending on what chemicals are raging through one’s mind.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
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