My Heart And Other Black Holes Quotes
"Music, especially classical music, especially Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D Minor, has kinetic energy."
"Depression is like a heaviness that you can’t ever escape."
"The thing is, I’m concerned that my self-preservation instinct is too high."
"Gravity keeps us from floating up into space, it keeps us from involuntarily crashing into one another."
"Ever since I was little, I’ve been fascinated by the way things work."
"There’s no significance. Anyone who has actually been that sad can tell you that there’s nothing beautiful or literary or mysterious about depression."
"Depression is a part of you; it’s in your bones and your blood."
"Sometimes I wonder if gravity is the problem."
"I wish gravity would go away and just let us all be a big mess."
"Aysel Seran, 16 years old, is hanging from the ceiling at a height of 7.5 feet."
"What happens to all that energy when she dies?"
"I need to get rid of the slug; I need to get rid of me."
"I can’t figure out what happens to all that energy when we’re gone if it can’t be destroyed."
"You can run, but you can’t hide, Mrs. George."
"I guess I don’t want to die a complete dumbass."
"I want to eat as much as I can to fill up the empty void inside of me."
"I guess things didn’t exactly go the way he planned."
"This way everyone will know the place belongs to you."
"It’s not me that holds the appeal: it’s death."
"I don’t think you have to die just because she did."
"I don’t know if it’ll help. But I need to know some things."
"The truth is, the Spring Carnival is one of the last places I can remember being truly happy."
"Everything used to seem so final, inevitable, predestined. But now I’m starting to believe that life may have more surprises in store than I ever realized."
"Sadness is only ugly, and anyone who thinks otherwise doesn’t get it."
"Maybe that’s what love really boils down to—having someone who cares enough to pay attention so that you’re encouraged to travel and transfer, to make your potential energy spark into kinetic energy."
"Maybe all anyone ever needs is for someone to notice them, to observe them."
"I press my hands into the sides of the mug. The steam from the hot chocolate rises up and tickles my face."
"I guess he’s right: I am a flake. But maybe meeting Roman has helped me to understand myself better."
"He’s no longer the person I want to die with; he’s the person I want to be alive with."
"After all, being curious by definition means you want to see what comes next."
"My throat feels strained, loose, like a tire swing hanging from a frayed rope."
"It’s in those eyes I found perspective and light again—they pushed their way into my black hole."
"You looked at me the same way before and after the story. I want to do that for you."
"I don’t want him to stop. I want him to stay in motion."
"Sometimes it helps to talk. It helped me to tell you about Maddie."
"Because loving you saved me. It’s made me see myself differently, see the world differently."
"You gave me something no one else has given me."
"I will do my best to become the girl from Roman’s drawing. The girl with the bright eyes. The girl with hope."