“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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“You, yes, you, linger inside my heart
The same you who stopped us before we could start.”
― Second Helpings
The same you who stopped us before we could start.”
― Second Helpings
“Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.”
― From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
― From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
“Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Ninety percent of who you are is invisible." - Mrs. Zender”
― The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
― The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
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