Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune

Death isn’t a final ending, Wallace. It is an ending, sure, but only to prepare you for a new beginning.”

The world could be beautiful—and it showed on the walls of the tea shop with the pyramids and castles and waterfalls that seemed to drop from the greatest heights—but it was also brutal and dark.

I need to stick my thermometer in many things.”

What:') lol??

Don’t let him stick his thermometer in your baked goods!”

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Life is messy and terrible and wonderful, all at the same time.

“Hell yeah! I’m the best ghost ever!”

i love these characters

“When I’m gone,” Wallace said, “please don’t forget me. I don’t have many people who’ll remember me, at least not in a good way. I want you to be one of them.”

“I see it now. It’s not always about the things you’ve done, or the mistakes you’ve made. It’s about the people, and what we’re willing to do for one another. The sacrifices we make. They taught me that. Here, in this place.”

“The first time you share tea, you are a stranger,” Mei said. “The second time you share tea,” Nelson said, “you are an honored guest.” Hugo nodded. “And the third time you share tea, you become family.

He belonged to them now just as much as they belonged to him.

He wore a shirt that read IF YOU THINK I’M CUTE, YOU SHOULD SEE MY AUNT.

i need this shirt

“It’s not about any one person. It’s about all of us, and what we do for one another. The door doesn’t discriminate. It’s there for everyone who is brave enough to look up at it. Some people lose their way, but that’s not their fault. They’re scared. My god, of course they are. How could they not be? Everyone loses their way at some point, and it’s not just because of their mistakes or the decisions they make. It’s because they’re horribly, wonderfully human. And the one thing I’ve learned about being human is that we can’t do this alone. When we’re lost, we need help to try to find our way again. We have a chance here to do something important, something never done before.”

“I love you. All of you. You’ve made my death worth it. Thank you for helping me live.”