Quotes by Hanya Yanagihara

And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.

It had always seemed to him a very plush kind of problem, a privilege, really, to consider whether life was meaningful or not.

But one thing I promise,” he said, returning to the ankle, “I’ll always be here to take care of you.

I want to be alone," he told him."I understand," Willem said. "We'll be alone together.

Borunia: Why do you want to be my friend?Samarga: I want to know if we can be friends.

At other times, he wondered whether it was the world that had lost its color, or his friends themselves. When had everyone become so alike?

Though, of course - if you were here, wouldn't he still be as well?

Though, of course - if you were here, wouldn't he still be here as well?

He closed his eyes. Behind him, the hyenas howled, furious at him. Before him stood the house with its open door. He wasn't close yet, but he was closer than he'd been: close enough to see that inside, there was a bed where he could rest, where he could l

It was very cold that afternoon, whipping wind, and the city seemed to mirror my mood, which was gray and bleak.

My phone rang, and although it wasn't a sinister time of night, and although nothing had happened that I would later see as foreshadowing, I knew, I knew.

It's a good story,' he said. He even grinned at me. 'I'll tell you.''Please,' I said.And then he did.

He will be someone who is defined, first and always, by what he is missing.

He experienced the singular pleasure of watching people he loved fall in love with other people he loved.