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![Dr. Seuss](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1193930952i/61105._UX200_CR0,30,200,200_.jpg)
“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”
― Oh, the Places You'll Go! and The Lorax
― Oh, the Places You'll Go! and The Lorax
![Haruki Murakami](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1615497402i/3354._UX200_CR0,5,200,200_.jpg)
“But I didn't understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.”
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![John Green](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353452301i/1406384._UX200_CR0,49,200,200_.jpg)
“And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
![Sally Rooney](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1534007127i/15860970._UY200_CR46,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
![Cassandra Clare](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1689347318i/150038._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”
― Clockwork Prince
― Clockwork Prince
![F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1517864008i/3190._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg)
“Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering—this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom in general and fairly salutary day-time advice for everyone. But at three o’clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same tragic importance as a death sentence, and the cure doesn’t work—and in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
― The Crack-Up
― The Crack-Up
![Amy Efaw](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1239001707i/318661._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“She can paint a pretty picture but this story has a twist. The paintbrush is a razor and the canvas is her wrist.”
― After
― After
![John Green](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353452301i/1406384._UX200_CR0,49,200,200_.jpg)
“Where is my chance to be somebody's Peter Van Houten?' He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. He leaned his head back, looking up. 'I hate myself I hate myself I hate this I hate this I disgust myself I hate it I hate it I hate it just let me fucking die.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
![Adam Silvera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1595433637i/7577278._UX200_CR0,81,200,200_.jpg)
“Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We both know that’s bullshit; it comes from people who have nothing comforting or original to say.”
― History Is All You Left Me
― History Is All You Left Me
“Black is not sad. Bright colors are what depresses me. They’re so… empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.”
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![Mark Z. Danielewski](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1567538753i/13974._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along. ”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
![J. Cornell Michel](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1399353019i/7110072._UX200_CR0,5,200,200_.jpg)
“The pretty ones are usually unhappy. They expect everyone to be enamored of their beauty. How can a person be content when their happiness lies in someone else's hands, ready to be crushed at any moment? Ordinary-looking people are far superior, because they are forced to actually work hard to achieve their goals, instead of expecting people to fall all over themselves to help them.”
― Jordan's Brains: A Zombie Evolution
― Jordan's Brains: A Zombie Evolution
![Thalia Chaltas](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1278877198i/1805363._UX200_CR0,48,200,200_.jpg)
“I got an A on the third quiz in American history,
an A,
dammit.
Last time I got a B
up from a C
and my father said,
"if you can get a C
you can get a B,
if you can get a B
you can get an A."-
I got an A
and my father said,
"grades don't mean anything.”
― Because I Am Furniture
an A,
dammit.
Last time I got a B
up from a C
and my father said,
"if you can get a C
you can get a B,
if you can get a B
you can get an A."-
I got an A
and my father said,
"grades don't mean anything.”
― Because I Am Furniture
![J.K. Rowling](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1596216614i/1077326._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“No - no - no!" someone was shouting. "No! Fred! No!"
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
![Antonia Michaelis](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1373316697i/257093._CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“And the snow that fell onto the roof in winter... it fell softly... softly... and it covered the house, the armchair, the books, the children's voices. It covered Anna and Abel, covered their parallel world, and everything was finally, very, very quiet.”
― The Storyteller
― The Storyteller
![Chang-rae Lee](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1266544736i/21050._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“...whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time.”
― Gesture Life
― Gesture Life
![Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1674037554i/7152008._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.”
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![Charles Bukowski](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1501509674i/13275._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened?
because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high.
(Night Streets of Madness)”
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high.
(Night Streets of Madness)”
― Tales of Ordinary Madness
![Felicia Day](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1696608356i/3440476._UX200_CR0,47,200,200_.jpg)
“Quite frankly, every single day that I do something creative, and show it to people, I'm nervous. Even this video, I'm like, 'You're too earnest, it's not funny enough, nobody likes you.' Um, well, I gotta do it, because unless I say something about the world I don't know if it's worth gettin' up in the morning.
...Was that depressing, or inspirational?”
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...Was that depressing, or inspirational?”
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![Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1674037554i/7152008._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
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![Ernesto Sabato](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1709130711i/33301873._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“Pero, en general, la humanidad me pareció siempre detestable. No tengo inconvenientes en manifestar que a veces me impedía comer en todo el día o me impedía pintar durante una semana el haber observado un rasgo; es increíble hasta qué punto la codicia, la envidia, la petulancia, la grosería, la avidez y, en general, todo ese conjunto de atributos que forman la condición humana pueden verse en una cara, en una manera de caminar, en una mirada. Me parece natural que después de un encuentro así uno no tenga ganas de comer, de pintar, ni aun de vivir.”
― El túnel
― El túnel
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