Looking for Alaska Quotes

Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Looking for Alaska.

Friendship Quotes

"But we will deal with those bastards, Pudge. I promise you. They will regret messing with one of my friends."And if the Colonel thought that calling me his friend would make me stand by him, well,...

Intimacy, Sex, and Love Quotes

"How long have you been dating her?" I asked."Nine months. We never got along. I mean, I didn't even briefly like her…with Sara, there's never a honeymoon period. God, how could she think I was a...

Home Quotes

"Is this why you want to leave, Miles?" Mom asked. I mulled it over for a while, careful not to look at her. "Uh, no," I said. "Well, why then?" she asked. This was not the first time she had posed...

Lies and Deceit Quotes

"I'm fine, Mom. I think—if it's okay with you, I think I might stay here for Thanksgiving. A lot of my friends are staying"—lie—"and I have a lot of work to do"—double lie. "I had no idea h...

Suffering Quotes

She said, "It's not life or death, the labyrinth.""Um, okay. So what is it?""Suffering," she said. "Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you. That's the problem. Bolivar was talking about...

Mortality Quotes

The final exam: What is the most important question human beings must answer? Choose your question wisely, and then examine how Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity attempt to answer it."I hope that p...

Life, Consciousness, and Existence Quotes

"So this guy," I said, standing in the doorway of the living room. "Francois Rabelais. He was this poet. And his last words were 'I go to seek a Great Perhaps.' That's why I'm going. So I don't hav...

Choices Quotes

"What am I going to do?""You'll spend Thanksgiving with me, silly. Here." (58before.46-47)

Alcohol Quotes

"This isn't milk. It's five parts milk and one part vodka. I call it ambrosia. Drink of the gods. You can barely smell the vodka in the milk, so the Eagle can't catch me unless he actually takes a...

Rules and Order Quotes

"Anyway, when you get in trouble, just don't tell on anyone. I mean, I hate the rich snots here with a fervent passion I usually reserve for only dental work and my father. But that doesn't mean I...