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“Tolerance cannot seduce the young.”

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Emile M. Cioran was a Romanian-born French philosopher known for his pessimistic and existentialist views. His works deeply explored the essence of human existence, suffering, and nihilism. more

“The Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't.”

Years Ends Lasts Girl Asks Rooms Supposed To Be Last Year Cigarette Neglected Alaska Colonels Roommate

Book:Looking for Alaska

Source: Looking for Alaska

“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast.”

Wise Written Notes Heavy Margins Labyrinth Loops Cursive

Book:Looking for Alaska

Source: Looking for Alaska

“We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job.”

Jobs Regard Judged Consent

Book:The Trouble with Being Born

Source: The Trouble with Being Born

“There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if could rent one for the holidays. When I was tiny we would by a real tree and stay up late drinking hot chocolate and finding just the right place for the special decorations. It seems like my parents gave up the magic when I figured out the Santa lie. Maybe I shouldn't have told them I knew where the presents really came from. It broke their hearts.”

“"And we'll call you... hmmm. Pudge." "Huh?" "Pudge," the Colonel said. "Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some cigarettes and start this year off right."”

Years Said Heard Irony Cigarette Skinny Colonels Hmmm Pudge

Author:John Green

“She has great breasts," the Colonel said without looking up from the whale. "DO NOT OBJECTIFY WOMEN'S BODIES!" Alaska shouted. Now he looked up. "Sorry. Perky breasts." "That's not any better!”

Said Body Sorry Breasts Alaska Whales Colonels Women's Bodies Perky

Book:Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition

“We must learn how to explode! Any disease is healthier than the one provoked by a hoarded rage.”

Disease Rage Provoked

Book:The Trouble with Being Born

Source: The Trouble with Being Born

“A sense of security, of well-being, of summer warmth pervades my memory. That robust reality makes a ghost of the present. The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling. Everything is as it should be, nothing will ever change, nobody will ever die.”

Should Wells Reality Dies Memories Rooms Security Summer Mirrors Ghost Well Being Warmth Ceilings Bumps Brightness Robust Bumblebees

Book:Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

Source: Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited

“My course is set for an uncharted sea.”

Courses Sea Uncharted

Book:The Paradiso

Source: The Paradiso

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