“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
“Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.”
― On the Jellicoe Road
― On the Jellicoe Road
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