“Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.”
― I Like It Like That
― I Like It Like That
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
― Mockingjay
― Mockingjay
“There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. A writer we used to like taught us that. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers.
"Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.”
― Mockingjay
"Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.”
― Mockingjay
“It is easy to forget how full the world is of people, full to bursting, and each of them imaginable and consistently misimagined.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
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