I made up my mind that nothing,, nothing was going to stop me Not even me.
I’m not better than anyone, and I’m not trying to convince people to live by my standards of what’s right. I’m trying to convince them to live by their own.
I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.
What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What’s so great about feeling and dreaming?
It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again.
As long as I am thinking, I am alive.
It took me as long as I had known him to get rid of all of his words. Like turning an hourglass over.
I felt it very moving to feel his touch, and to remember that hands can also show love.
Dear Anna, we will live in a home with no walls, so that everywhere we go will be our home.
We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other.
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train that I wanted to be on.
She extended a hand that I didn’t know how to take, so I broke its fingers with my silence.
I can only hold on to the things I want to lose.
She was so beautiful, like someone who you will never meet, but always dream of meeting, like someone who is too good for you.
Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement.
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Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it’s rarely driving the car.
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People who become used to saying little become used to feeling little.
Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.