“Das Problem bei Happy Ends ist, dass sie entweder nicht richtig glücklich sind, oder sie sind kein richtiges Ende, verstehst du? Im richtigen Leben werden manche Dinge besser, und manche Dinge werden schlechter. Und irgendwann stirbst du.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Taft gets hold of the wet baguette and hits Will with it.”
― We Were Liars
― We Were Liars
“Laughter is a rescue. p.204”
― My Life on the Road
― My Life on the Road
“Remember: "For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost, for want of a horseshoe, the horse was lost, for want of a horse, the battle was lost, for want of a battle, the war was lost." This parable should be the mantra of everyone who thinks her or his vote doesn't count.”
― My Life on the Road
― My Life on the Road
“Thoughts are just a different kind of bacteria, colonizing you. I thought about the gut-brain information axis. Maybe you're already gone. The prisoners run the jail now. Not a person so much as a swarm. Not a bee, but the hive.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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A group to discuss books (with a focus on Young-Adult) that feature characters who identify as LGBTQIAP+.
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