

“Why I'm Not Where You Are”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“I hated myself for going, why couldn't I be the kind of person who stays?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

“When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds.”
― Eleven Minutes
― Eleven Minutes

“It's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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