“To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.”
― Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
― Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it in words. By beauty, I mean the feeling you have suddenly glimpsed another world, or looked into a portal that reveals a kind of magic or romance out of which the world has been constructed, a feeling there is something more than the mundane, and a reason for our plodding.”
― To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father
― To Own a Dragon: Reflections On Growing Up Without A Father
“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
― The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Your hold on me is permanent and unbreakable. Never doubt that”
― New Moon
― New Moon
“I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.”
― Searching for God Knows What
― Searching for God Knows What
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