“I am afraid of getting older. I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote. I want to be free. (...) I want, I think, to be omniscient… I think I would like to call myself "The girl who wanted to be God." Yet if I were not in this body, where would I be—perhaps I am destined to be classified and qualified. But, oh, I cry out against it. I am I—I am powerful—but to what extent? I am I.”
― Letters Home
― Letters Home
“Your now is not your forever.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!”
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“Why are you crying?"
"Because," she whispered, her voice shaking, "you remind me of what the world ought to be. What the world can be.”
― Crown of Midnight
"Because," she whispered, her voice shaking, "you remind me of what the world ought to be. What the world can be.”
― Crown of Midnight
“You are as real as anyone, and your doubts make you more real, not less.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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