Laurel Chiarella

“Es macht gar nichts, wenn man ein krankes Bein hat. Denn im Land der Dämmerung kann man fliegen.”
― Astrid Lindgren

“In this world, there is a fine line between enlightenment and brain damage.”
― Neal Shusterman, Antsy Does Time

“How can a man be so brave and so stupid, so gentle and so cruel, so warming and so detestable -- all at the same time?”
― James Clavell, Shōgun

“You get a strange feeling when you're about to leave a place, I told him, like you'll not only miss the people you love but you'll miss the person you are now at this time and this place, because you'll never be this way ever again.”
― Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books