💬 Quotes

"I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."

"Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, according to the emotional value of the articles it touches."

"For just one second, look at the world differently. And maybe, just maybe, the world will look back at you differently, too."

"I’m going to opium dens! Yes, opium dens, dens of vice and criminals’ hangouts, Mother. I’ve joined the Hogan Gang, I’m a hired assassin, I carry a tommy gun in a violin case!"

"For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura—and so goodbye..."

"Happiness is something that happens to you, something you’re given, but making a life—that’s a different matter."

"People go to the movies instead of moving! Hollywood movies are gods; they are the great substitute for life."

"Simon, you are the worst chosen one who has ever been chosen."

"I don't need a sword to cut you down, Snow."

"He’s a mess. He’s a disaster. He’s the chosen one. And he’s everything I want."

"It’s hard to be a person, but it’s even harder to be a person who’s a monster."

"I’m not a hero. I’m just a boy with too much magic and not enough sense."

"We’re supposed to be enemies. We’re supposed to be keeping each other in check."

"This is not for you."

"The house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside."

"I am exactly as I appear. Nothing more, nothing less. And that is exactly what scares you."

"Maybe that's what hell is, the entire rest of your life repeating the moment you were most alone."

"The darkness was not just a lack of light; it was a physical presence, heavy and expectant."

"We all create stories to protect ourselves from the chaos of a meaningless existence."

"Maybe for you, there’s a tomorrow. Maybe for you, there’s a thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten. So much time you can bathe in it, roll around in it, let it slide like coins through your fingers. So much time you can waste it."