Elizabeth put her face into her hands, knowing that she was far more than a few cold months away from normal.


“Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska

“Radar threw his books into his locker and shut it. Then the din of conversation around us quieted just a bit as he turned his eyes toward the heavens and shouted, "IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT MY PARENTS OWN THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF BLACK SANTAS.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns

“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
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“What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.”
― Paper Towns
― Paper Towns

“I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, "I want to go too! I want to go too!" And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: "We are all going.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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