Quotes from book

What Is the What

“His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.”

“When there is pleasure, there is often abandon, and mistakes are made.”

“I had the sensation that I might always be running like this, that I would always have to run, and that I would always be able to run.”

“Every part of my body felt electric. My chest ached and my head throbbed with the great terrible limitless possibility of the morning, and when it came, the sky was washed white, everything was new, and I hadn't slept at all.”

“Humans are divided between those who can still look through the eyes of youth and those who cannot. Though it causes me frequent pain, I find it very easy to place myself in the shoes of almost any boy, and can conjure my own youth with an ease that is troublesome.”

“I live because I do not exist.”

“This boy thinks I am not of his species, that I am some other kind of creature, one that can be crushed under the weight of a phone book.

The pain is not great, but the symbolism is disagreeable.”

“But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.”