“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.””
Quotes by James
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.””
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.””
“Laters, baby.””
“Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.””
“- "Why don't you like to be touched?" - "Because I'm fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia””
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.””
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.””