I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met.
John Green, Looking for Alaska.
“I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.”
“The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.”
“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use ...”
“At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.”
“That is the fear: I have lost something important, and I cannot find it, and I need it.”
“I came here looking for a Great Perhaps, for real friends and a more-than-minor life..”
“Happiness is the most tired word in any language.”
“If I tell you not to follow me, it ain't because I hate you, kiddo.I just don't want you feel dissapointed...when seeing the truth.”
“Dont let past disappointments rob you of future happiness.”
“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, youll keep resentment far away.”
“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations”
“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”