Ciara

“How strange and how lovely it is to be anything at all.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Allan interrupted the two brothers by saying that he had been out and about in the world and if there was one thing he had learned it was that the very biggest and apparently most impossible conflicts on earth were based on the dialogue: “You are stupid, no, it’s you who are stupid, no, it’s you who are stupid.” The solution, said Allan, was often to down a bottle of vodka together and then look ahead.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

“But as long as we think positively, I’m sure a solution will appear.”
― Jonas Jonasson, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared

“Allan looked at the bus and then at the suitcase, then again at the bus and then again at the suitcase. It has wheels, he said to himself. And there's a strap to pull it by too. And then Allan surprised himself by making what - you have to admit - was decision to say 'yes' to life.
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― Jonas Jonasson, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared