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“Well, you know what really sucks about falling for a guy you know you're not right for? You fall anyway because you think he might turn out to be different.”
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“This is what men risk so much for; this shiver, this acute heat and desire. This is what they think eternity feels like.”
― Antigoddess
― Antigoddess
“Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm
“The shirt was a screen print of a famous Surrealist artwork by René Magritte in which he drew a pipe and then beneath it wrote in cursive Ceci n’est pas une pipe. (“This is not a pipe.”)
“I just don’t get that shirt,” Mom said.
“Peter Van Houten will get it, trust me.
There are like seven thousand Magritte references in An Imperial Affliction.”
“But it is a pipe.”
“No, it’s not,” I said. “It’s a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. It’s very clever.”
“How did you get so grown up that you understand things that confuse your ancient mother?” Mom asked. “It seems like just yes-terday that I was telling seven-year-old Hazel why the sky was blue. You thought I was a genius back then.”
“Why is the sky blue?” I asked.
“Cuz,” she answered. I laughed.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
“I just don’t get that shirt,” Mom said.
“Peter Van Houten will get it, trust me.
There are like seven thousand Magritte references in An Imperial Affliction.”
“But it is a pipe.”
“No, it’s not,” I said. “It’s a drawing of a pipe. Get it? All representations of a thing are inherently abstract. It’s very clever.”
“How did you get so grown up that you understand things that confuse your ancient mother?” Mom asked. “It seems like just yes-terday that I was telling seven-year-old Hazel why the sky was blue. You thought I was a genius back then.”
“Why is the sky blue?” I asked.
“Cuz,” she answered. I laughed.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
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