“Literature was the only religion her father practiced, when a book fell on the floor he kissed it, when he was done with a book he tried to give it away to someone who would love it.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“We could imagine all sorts of universes unlike this one, but this is the one that happened.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Whatever he believed, he believed. It didn’t matter to him whether it was really true or not. He just changed the truth till it fit him. He was a real white man.”
― The Good Lord Bird
― The Good Lord Bird
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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