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“You're both the fire and the water that extinguishes it. You're the narrator, the protagonist, and the sidekick. You're the storyteller and the story told. You are somebody's something, but you are also your you.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Illness is a story told in the past tense.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“You ever feel like you're sending out a light but no one sees it?”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
“To other people, it sometimes seems like nothing at all. You are walking around with your head on fire and no one can see the flames.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“Man the great light, even when no one is looking.”
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
― Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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