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“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“All this, all of this love we're talking about, it would just be a memory. Maybe not even a memory. Am I wrong? Am I way off base? Because I want you to set me straight if you think I'm wrong. I want to know. I mean, I don't know anything, and I'm the first one to admit it.”
― What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
― What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“The most understandable thing in the world should be how minutes lead to hours, how hours lead to days, how days can make a year. And yet, this neat progression can still be surprising.”
― The Realm of Possibility
― The Realm of Possibility
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