"A Little Life" Quotes

Wasn't friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely?

You won't understand what I mean now, but someday you will: the only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are—not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving—and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad—or good—it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well.

I was afraid to love you. I thought it was a weakness.

I'm not scared of the dark. I'm scared of what's in the dark.

You won’t understand, but I think you will. I think you’ll realize that people are the only things that matter in this life, and that they are all that matter.

What he knew, he knew from books, and books lied, they made things prettier.

You couldn't make me happy. It's impossible. I don't think it's even something people can do for each other.

People who are kind—really kind—are also the most likely to want to change things.

I think it's sad, the way we can't help but hurt each other. Accidentally, on purpose; it doesn't matter.

Maybe he couldn't make me happy, but I could make him happy.