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“I'm really not up for answering any questions that start with how, when, where, why or what.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
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