All the Bright Places. Quotes.

-You know people call you "The Freak", right?
-Yeah. Sometimes I say and do things without thinking and... people don't like that. People like labels. The like putting you in a box. The want you to be who they want you to be.
-People don't like messy.
-Or different.

-Tell me about Eleonor.
-She was bossy... like you.
-I like her already.
-She hated reading... She only liked this Italian poet, Cesare Pavese. He said: "We do not remember days, we remember moments". Anytime I was having a bad day, she always said that. Like it was supposed to fix something...
-Did it?
-Yeah. It did.
-What else?
-She was my best friend.
-"Eleanor Markey: sister, best friend".  That's a pretty good epitaph. What would yours be?
-"Violet Markey: I was here".

-Then... without really knowing... I changed... I wasn't worried about what happened if I lived, I was worried about if I didn't... What I would miss... I worried about not remembering... Not remembering all of the moments... all of the places... and that's because of Finch... because he taught me to wander... He taught me that you don't have to climb a mountain to stand on top of the world...  That even the ugliest of places can be beautiful as long as you take time to look... that it's ok to get lost, as long as you find your way back. But in learning all of that, I missed seeing something more important... seeing Finch... I missed that he was in pain... I missed that he was teaching me all along how to move on... Finch was a dreamer... he dreamt while he was awake... He dreamt of all the beauty in the world and he made it come to life... Finch taught me that there's beauty in the most unexpected of places... and that there are bright places... even in dark times... And that if there isn't, you can be that bright place with infinite capacities...