“A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.
“My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Healthcliff! He's always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.”
― Wuthering Heights
― Wuthering Heights
“I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game
“They were photographs you had to explain, which meant they were a failure.”
― Still Life with Bread Crumbs
― Still Life with Bread Crumbs
“Why was it when someone wanted to do something out of the ordinary, others countered the impulse with shame?”
― All the Good Parts
― All the Good Parts
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