“Things never happened like I imagined them" - Pudge (Looking For Alaska)”

“Things never happened like I imagined them.”

“Things never happen like I imagined them”

“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”

“Oh, God, Alaska, I love you. I love you,' and the Colonel whispered, 'I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did,' and I said, 'No. Not past tense.”

“The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture.”

“So why don't you go home for vacations?' I asked her.I'm just scared of ghosts, Pudge. And home is full of them.”