“In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say I love you.”
― Everything is Illuminated
― Everything is Illuminated
“I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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