She wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there, like new batteries in the flashlight in the emergency kit in the hall closet.

— Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via quotespile)

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quotespile:

“That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”

— Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore


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“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”

— Lemony Snicket, Horseradish