The Instructions

Adam Levin

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The point was to learn what it was we feared more: being misunderstood or being betrayed.”

“Why do we weep once we know that everything will be alright? We weep because the only way everything could ever be alright is in fiction. We weep because what we've seen can't be true, no matter how badly we wish it were. We weep at the truth.”

“If I'd thought she was uninterested, I never would have worried so much - the prospect of screwing something up is much more daunting than that of screwing nothing up. I definitely thought there was something there, and so there was something to lose, you see.”

“It is dangerous to exist in the world. To exist is to be threatened. We must live with threats.”

“Books are truer than movies.”

“You only taste your own dignity right before you puke it up.”

“Easy as a child breathes a wish at a dandelion...is exactly how hard it would be for me to tear your limbs from their sockets.”

“Regarding vengeance and arch-enemies, one must not only be timely but prideful, and pride exacts propriety.”

“Without pain, there is no call for anger, much less rampaging.”

“...I might mention my belief that girls who like Woody Allen movies are nicer girls than girls who don't...”

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