“Give me a meaningful love or a beautiful death!”
― The Rose & the Dagger
― The Rose & the Dagger
“Had our hearts really become so numb that we needed dead bodies in order to feel the beat of compassion in our chests? Who am I if I need to be shocked back into my best self?”
― All American Boys
― All American Boys
“She was the kind of girlfriend God gives you young, so you'll know loss the rest of your life.”
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
― The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
― All American Boys
― All American Boys
“But—but in falling, we fly, don’t we? We fly vertically. That’s the paradox of vertical flight. Falling is the only way we can fly.”
― The Paradox of Vertical Flight
― The Paradox of Vertical Flight
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