“We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“sometimes there’s beauty in the tough words—it’s all in how you read them.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257-foot bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you’re standing next to the right person.”
― All the Bright Places
― All the Bright Places
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