"She can’t take it. I just want to see her smile again. I just want her to know…I don’t care about the scars."
"I feel too much. That’s what’s going on. Do you think one can feel too much? Or just feel in the wrong ways? My insides don’t match up with my outsides. Do anyone’s insides and outsides match up? I don’t know. I’m only me. Maybe that’s what a person’s personality is: the difference between the inside and outside. But it’s worse for me. I wonder if everyone thinks it’s worse for him. Probably. But it really is worse for me."
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (via
heavyheartbeats)
"What else? She is so beautiful. You don’t get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers."
- Augustus Waters (The Fault in Our Stars, John Green)
"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, ‘Why, God? Why me?’ And the thundering voice of God answered, ‘There’s just something about you that pisses me off.’"
"There is no point. That’s the point."
- We Need To Talk About Kevin
"Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us."
- Randy Pausch