“As we count up the memories from one journey, we head off on another.”
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
― The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“You knew me. You knew that person, but you don't know the person I'm trying to become... You are not your past!”
― Have a Little Faith: a True Story
― Have a Little Faith: a True Story
“People in the real world always say, when something terrible happens, that the sadness and loss and aching pain of the heart will “lessen as time passes,” but it isn’t true. Sorrow and loss are constant, but if we all had to go through our whole lives carrying them the whole time, we wouldn’t be able to stand it. The sadness would paralyze us. So in the end we just pack it into bags and find somewhere to leave it.”
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
― My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Love is not revenge. It can't be thrown like a rock. And you can't create it to fix your problems. Forcing love is like picking a flower then insisting that it grow.”
― The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
― The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
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