“We are greater than the sum of our parts.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“But ultimately I do not believe that she was only matter. The rest of her must be recycled, too. I believe now that we are greater than the sum of our parts. If you take Alaska's genetic code and you add her life experiences and the relationships she had with people, and then you take the size and shape of her body, you do not get her. There is something else entirely. There is a part of her greater than the sum of her knowable parts. And that part has to go somewhere, because it cannot be destroyed”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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