“Does your cockiness have a dimmer switch or is it always set to 'high'?”
― The Duet
― The Duet
“I'm in love with the cities and people I've never met.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns
“There is truth in stories,” said Arthur. “There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die.”
― Lord of Shadows
― Lord of Shadows
“Jules: Emma, God, Emma. I love you so much.
Emma: Julian, I...
Jules: Don't. I don't want to hear anything reasonable, not now. I don't want logic. I want this.
Emma: But you need to know ...
Jules: I don't. I've been broken for weeks. I need to be whole again. Even if it doesn't last.
Emma: it can't last. It'll break our hearts.
Jules: Break my heart. Break it in pieces. I give you permission.”
― Lord of Shadows
Emma: Julian, I...
Jules: Don't. I don't want to hear anything reasonable, not now. I don't want logic. I want this.
Emma: But you need to know ...
Jules: I don't. I've been broken for weeks. I need to be whole again. Even if it doesn't last.
Emma: it can't last. It'll break our hearts.
Jules: Break my heart. Break it in pieces. I give you permission.”
― Lord of Shadows
“Freely we serve. Because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
― City of Heavenly Fire
― City of Heavenly Fire
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