We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

Suffer. You could say it means endure, but that’s not exactly right.

she is sugar, curiosity, and rain.

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee.

Here is something I love about Gat: he is so enthusiastic, so relentlessly interested in the world, that he has trouble imagining the possibility that other people will be bored by what he’s saying. Even when they tell him outright. But also, he doesn’t like to let us off easy. He wants to make us think—even when we don’t feel like thinking.

Mirren pauses. Then she says: “Be a little kinder than you have to.” We are all silenced by that. It seems impossible to argue with.

If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces.