“It's turtles all the way fucking down, Holmesy. You're trying to find the turtle at the bottom of the pile, but that's not how it works.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Break hearts, not promises.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Spirals grow infinitely small the farther you follow them inward, but they also grow infinitely large the farther you follow them out.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“The thing about a spiral is, if you follow it inward, it never actually ends. It just keeps tightening, infinitely.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I was so good at being a kid, and so terrible at being whatever I was now.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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