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New tastes are like new ideas, young man—the older you get, the more difficult they are for you to stomach.”
“As we talked I realized she wanted many things at the same time, and that kept her in a permanent state of dissatisfaction.”
― The Lying Life of Adults
― The Lying Life of Adults
“When one achieves immortality, one must find purpose beyond the struggle to live,”
― Edgedancer
― Edgedancer
“I believe the universe wants to be noticed. I think the universe is inprobably biased toward the consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed. And who am I, living in the middle of history, to tell the universe that it-or my observation of it-is temporary?”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Now hear me well—what is not yours is not yours o, even if you marry the person that has that thing. If it is not yours, it is not yours o.”
― A Spell of Good Things
― A Spell of Good Things
“Sometimes I wonder if we have misunderstood the notion of freedom. We prize “freedom to” so much more than “freedom from.”
― The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
― The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
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