An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

by Hank Green

It’s way more efficient to do occasional dedicated cleanups than constant maintenance.

The power that each of us has over complete strangers to make them feel terrible and frightened and weak is amazing.

“When you’re faced with something you don’t understand, I think the most natural thing but also the least interesting thing you can be is afraid,”

The kind of choice that you only get to make once and you can’t take back and it makes your life totally different, and even if the path is clear, it’s still deeply unsettling.

“Just because you can’t imagine something doesn’t mean you can’t do it,”

“Have you ever felt like this is . . . going somewhere?” “I wanna be the very best like no one ever was.” “Are you singing the Pokémon theme song?”

“I’m sorry about you and Maya. Let me know when you want to talk about it.”

Then my cheek hit a bit of my pillowcase that smelled like Maya’s grapefruity shampoo, and I cried into the silence until I fell asleep.

Here’s a hint: It’s not really “news” until they stop running ads.