“It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try to readjust the way you thought of things. The Baudelaire orphans were crying not only for their Uncle Monty, but for their own parents, and this dark and curious feeling of falling that accompanies every great loss.”
― The Reptile Room
― The Reptile Room
“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― The Anthologist
― The Anthologist
“I saw the empty, sad girl
smile for the sad boy who loves her with all of his
broken soul.”
― After Ever Happy
smile for the sad boy who loves her with all of his
broken soul.”
― After Ever Happy
“Pain is one of those hideous places that once visited you have to fight your way out and even when you think you have escaped you are permanently branded”
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“If you aren’t affected
somehow, even in the slightest bit, you aren’t
reading the right book.”
― After We Collided
somehow, even in the slightest bit, you aren’t
reading the right book.”
― After We Collided
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