“The thing is I love my dad. My mom too. And I keep wondering what they’re going to say when I tell them that someday I want to marry a boy. I wonder how that’s going to go over? I’m the only son. What’s going to happen with the grandchildren thing? I hate that I’m going to disappoint them, Ari. I know I’ve disappointed you too.” - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“It sucks how we’re all being raised to die.” - They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera

“I don't want people to try and understand why I'm the way I am, because I should be the first person to understand that. And I don't understand yet.” - Solitaire by Alice Oseman

“Sometimes I think it’s just scary to open up like that. To say how you really feel. Especially to people you care about the most. Because, what if they don’t like the truth?” - Will Byers, Stranger Things

“You're... it's hard to explain. It's like, if you had to provide evidence for soul mates, everyone would pick you two.” - Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

“I am sure that the reason why I wept and stormed as if I had gone off my head was that the combination of physical exhaustion and my unhappiness had made me hate and resent everything.” - The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

“As far as I'm concerned, I came out of the womb spouting cynicism and wishing for rain.” - Solitaire by Alice Oseman

“Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.” - The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

“DON'T THINK OF IT AS DYING,” said Death. “JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.” - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

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“not all men—” you’re absolutely right. bisexual icon nick nelson would never do this to me.

"Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men." - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

"Now I have neither happiness nor unhappiness.

Everything passes. That is the one and only thing that I have thought resembled a truth in the society of human beings where I have dwelled up to now as in a burning hell. Everything passes." - No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

"I would forever be branded on the forehead with the word "madman," or perhaps, "reject."

Disqualified as a human being.

I had now ceased utterly to be a human being." - No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

"Everything's better under the stars, I suppose. If we get another life after we die, I'll meet you there, old sport..." - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

"Nobody is honest, nobody is real. You can't trust anyone or anything. Emotions are humanity's fatal disease. And we're all dying." - Solitaire by Alice Oseman

"We’re so used to disaster that we accept it. We think we deserve it." - Solitaire by Alice Oseman

"I wonder- if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?" - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman