“There is no glory in illness. There is no meaning to it. There is no honor in dying of.”

The world may be broken, but hope is not crazy.

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

Some people have lives; some people have music.

Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don’t wanna make eye contact while telling it

Without pain, how could we know joy?

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

I just did some calculations and I’ve been able to determine that you’re full of shit.

That’s part of what I like about the book in some ways. It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.

Life works best when we think of people as people.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

I didn’t need you, you idiot. I picked you. And then you picked me back.

She loved mysteries so much that she became one.

What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.

I know i say i don’t care, but if you were on the verge of dying i’d give you my life.

I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu.

Do something that even after you die, people smile for you.

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.

Nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing, everything is simply transformed.

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.