

“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough, the ears that aren't big enough, the eyes that can't take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“Maybe there were no villains in my mother’s story at all. Just men and women, trying to do their best by each other. And failing.”
― The Heart's Invisible Furies
― The Heart's Invisible Furies

“We had everything to say to each other, but no ways to say it”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“...the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
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