First time Quote by Ernest Cline

“You came out kicking and screaming, reluctant as hell to leave, and you spent the rest of your life trying to get back in.”

— Donald O'Donovan

“The truth is, I would've felt empty anywhere. I realize now that through a million moments of adventure and excitement, I was only trying…

— Melissa Tagg

“But no one ever mentions that once you get there, you still have to turn around and head all the way home.”

— Jodi Picoult

“I don't know why I'm still here. All right? And I'd just like to figure it out before I go.”

— Suzanne Enoch

“But the problem was that I had retreated so far into myself - shielding myself from the ghosts and memories of this place -…

— Jeremy Jackson

“I hated having to be someplace on time, it took away so many potential orgasms.”

— Gini Koch

“Remember it always. Remember that you and I made this journey and went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.”

— Jhumpa Lahiri

“Even if I could remember my way back to normal, I don’t think I’d recognise myself when I got there.”

— Alice Feeney

“Maybe you had to leave in order to miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point…

— Jodi Picoult

“There came a time when you realised that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.”

— Stephen King

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn't hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself…

— Myra McEntire

“I could still turn back before I pass the last houses and really have to commit to this.”

— Claire Wong