“I did not need to know if he could love me.
I needed to know if he could need me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
I needed to know if he could need me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“When I heard your organization was recording testimonies, I knew I had to come. She died in my arms, saying 'I don't want to die.' That is what death is like. It doesn't matter what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. It doesn't matter how good the weapons are. I thought if everyone could see what I saw, we would never have war anymore.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.”
― The Diary of Anne Frank and Related Readings
― The Diary of Anne Frank and Related Readings
“When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. "It's all right" we whisper, "I'm here, I love you." and we lie: "I'll never leave you." For just a moment or two the darkness doesn't seem so bad.”
― Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days
― Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days
“Well, what I don't get is why do we exist? I don't mean how, but why.' I watched the fireflies of his thoughts orbit his head. He said, 'we exist because we exist. . .we could imagine all sorts of universes like this one, but this is the one that happened.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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