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“i don’t want to give in to despair; i don’t want to take refuge in the detached ridicule of emotion. i don’t want to be cool if cool means being cold to or distant from the reality of experience”

“i was wrong about life’s meaninglessness when i was a teenager, and im wrong about it now”

forcing myself to go through this book slowly. i read about two chapters at a time until my brain rewires to a state of hopefulness and then i put it down until i reach a point where i need it again. idk what im going to do with myself when i finish this book

“hearing about pain that we do not feel takes us to the limits of empathy”

put this down to read tender is the flesh. picking it back up again right when i needed it. this is the best john green book i’ve ever read

i didn’t finish this book nor did i rate it two stars!! my goodreads keeps glitching idk what’s going on im only on page 132 and so far its a five star book for me

this is exactly what i needed rn