“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“The marks humans leave are too often scars.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
“It always shocked me when I realized that I wasn’t the only person in the world who thought and felt such strange and awful things.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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