Quotes from book

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

“it's the belief, not the words, that mean everything. it's the floating.”

“hurt tends to drown out sorry.”

“You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.”

“It’s like, you know how sometimes you see a really sexy baby? Wait…”

“me: you know what sucks about love?
o. w. g.: what?
me: that it's so tied to the truth.”

“i feel bad for her - i do. a damn shame, really, that i had to have a mother. it can’t be easy having me for a son. nothing can prepare someone for that kind of disappointment.”

“You know what’s a great metaphor for love? Sleeping beauty. Because you have to plow through this incredible thicket of thorns in order to get to beauty, and even then, when you get there, you still have to wake her up.
— Tiny Cooper”

“sometimes it’s okay to cheat on things - but don’t ever cheat on people. because once you start, it’s very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.”

“I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.”

“it's gonna hurt because it matters.”

“sup? i'm working. on what? my suicide note. i can't figure out how to end it. lol”

“if my whole world is going to crash down around me, then i am going to make the sound of the crashing”

“All sorts of yayness floods my brain. Love is such a drug.”

“need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.”

“me: you know what sucks about love?
o. w. g.: what?
me: that it's so tied to the truth.

I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good…. Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?”

“me: why is it upset? shouldn't it be downset?
gideon: i will file a lawsuit against the dictionaries first thing tomorrow morning. we're going to tear merriam a new asshole and throw webster inside of it.”

“what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it’s like to work so hard to make sure everyone’s happy, and to have not a single person recognize it”

“tiny: did someone die?
me: yeah, i did.
he smiles again at that.
tiny: well, then… welcome to the afterlife.”

“Love is the most common miracle”