Quotes from book

We Were Liars

“Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn.”

“The universe was good because he was in it.”

“He looked at you like you were the brightest planet in the galaxy.”

“Things are messed up in the world, that’s all.”

“I’d a million times rather live and risk and have it all end badly than stay in the box I’ve been in for the past two years.”

“See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be”

“There is not even a Scrabble word for how bad I feel.”

“We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.”

“I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects.”

“The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to.”

“Be sad, be sorry-but don't shoulder it.”

“Can I hold your hand?" he asked.
I put mine in his.
"The universe is seeming really huge right now," he told me. "I need something to hold on to."
"I'm here.”

“I used to be strong, but now I am weak.
I used to be pretty, but now I look sick.”

“Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.”

“If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces.”

“It is good to be loved, even though it will not last.”

“You can't believe because she tells you to," I said
"No. The question is: how to be a good person if I don't believe anymore.”

“She confused wit with intelligence, and made people laugh rather than lightening their hearts or making them think.”

“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee.”