“Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“…She was, obviously, one of those women whose polished words may reflect a book club or bridge club, or any other deadly conventionality, but never her soul.”
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“You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“He knew that I love you also means I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.”
― Everything Is Illuminated
― Everything Is Illuminated
“I feel too much. That's what's going on.' 'Do you think one can feel too much? Or just feel in the wrong ways?' 'My insides don't match up with my outsides.' 'Do anyone's insides and outsides match up?' 'I don't know. I'm only me.' 'Maybe that's what a person's personality is: the difference between the inside and outside.' 'But it's worse for me.' 'I wonder if everyone thinks it's worse for him.' 'Probably. But it really is worse for me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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