“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“They say in every library there is a single book that can answer the question that burns like a fire in the mind.”
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
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