Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska

by

John Green

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Takumi is very close withAlaska and good friends with Lara, the Colonel, and Miles. He loves to freestyle rap. Like Miles, he also has feelings for Alaska. The Colonel and Miles ignore Takumi after Alaska’s death. In response, Takumi withholds information about her death from the Colonel and Miles, but eventually he does help them understand why Alaska died. Only when Miles decides to forgive Takumi does he understand how to move on from Alaska’s death.

Takumi Hikohito Quotes in Looking for Alaska

The Looking for Alaska quotes below are all either spoken by Takumi Hikohito or refer to Takumi Hikohito. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
How to Live and Die Theme Icon
).
59. One Hundred Thirty-Six Days After Quotes

“He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth.”

Related Characters: Miles Halter (speaker), Alaska Young, Takumi Hikohito
Related Symbols: The Labyrinth
Page Number: 218
Explanation and Analysis:
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Takumi Hikohito Quotes in Looking for Alaska

The Looking for Alaska quotes below are all either spoken by Takumi Hikohito or refer to Takumi Hikohito. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
How to Live and Die Theme Icon
).
59. One Hundred Thirty-Six Days After Quotes

“He was gone, and I did not have time to tell him what I had just now realized: that I forgave him, and that she forgave us, and that we had to forgive to survive in the labyrinth.”

Related Characters: Miles Halter (speaker), Alaska Young, Takumi Hikohito
Related Symbols: The Labyrinth
Page Number: 218
Explanation and Analysis: