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Books—they weren't ladders out of the abyss, but they were companions.

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We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic...more

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You should see it,” he said. “V for Vendetta, I mean.”“Okay,” I said. “I’ll look it up.”“No. With me. At my house,” he said. “Now.

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I felt bashful, like I had when I'd first told him of An Imperial Affliction. "Um, okay. Okay. 'Let us go, trough certain half-deserted streets,/ The ...more

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The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smal...more

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I just held her hand and tried to imagine the world without us and for about one second I was a good enough person to hope she died so she would never...more

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Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.”“To be fair, you still look pretty bad.

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Maybe 'Okay' will be our 'always'...

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You realise that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you,” he said.

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Your professional physicist opinion?" I ask.She smiles. "I believe the cat to be alive. And what says my esteemed colleague?""Alive," I say.