"It's a paper town. I mean look at it, Q: look at all those cul-de-sacs, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I've lived here for eighteen years and I have never come across anyone who cares about anything that matters."There is something about this quote that makes you look at the world in a different way. The whole book, Paper Towns, has got to be one of my favorites. The characters are people just like me (albeit a bit older) and I don't have to imagine much to understand their feelings and reactions. The book makes you think, and it made me look at the world in a different way. I definitely recommend reading it, if you weren't convinced by the quote.
~ Paper Towns by John Green
Noun: 1. An imaginary or fanciful device by which something could be suspended in the air. 2. A false hope, or a premise or argument which has no logical grounds. ~ In other words, what's a skyhook? That's for you to figure out.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Quote of the Week: from three weeks ago
Okay, this is my first quote to make up for my absence. It's pretty long but it's one of my favorites ever.
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