“The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Every moment before this one depends on this one.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“What did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think. I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming?”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
“Everything that's born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they're all on fire, and we're all trapped.”
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
― Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
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