“Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“I must be without remorse or regrets as I am without excuse; for from the instant of my upsurge into being, I carry the weight of the world by myself alone without help, engaged in a world for which I bear the whole responsibility without being able, whatever I do, to tear myself away from this responsibility for an instant.”
― Being and Nothingness
― Being and Nothingness
“It doesn’t matter who remembers what, I guess, so long as somebody remembers something.”
― Goodbye, Vitamin
― Goodbye, Vitamin
“I'm not choosing, but I'm running out of fight.”
― If I Stay
― If I Stay
“Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.”
― Eleanor & Park
― Eleanor & Park
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