“We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“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
“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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