endless daylight

❝The actual scene was a brilliant piece of writing in which Klaus recognized Caroline’s existentialist dilemma and assured her he’d felt the same way during various stages of his life, up to and including considering suicide. He gave her a choice: Life or death. And then he informed her that if she chose life, the entire world awaited her, an eternity of art, culture, and general splendor that she couldn’t even fathom in this small terrible town she called home. Who among us hasn’t wondered if we were meant for bigger things? Which of us hasn’t wished we could escape our surroundings and join the ranks of an elite class? Klaus managed to elegantly sum up in a few sentences what any gifted teenager needs to hear. It was no wonder Caroline chose that option.❞