Joannah Rose

“Back then I didn't know that I­­ -- or anyone-- ­­could make a life out of boyfriends and literature. As far as I could see, life demanded skills I didn't have. The result was chronic emptiness and boredom. There were more pernicious results as well: self­loathing, alternating with "inappropriately intense anger with frequent displays of temper...”
― Susanna Kaysen, Girl, Interrupted

“You hungry?' Rudy asked.

Liesel replied, 'Starving.' For a book.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Do you ever feel like bad things are going to happen, and you can’t stop them? You can’t do anything, you just have to wait?”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“If God exists, and I truly don’t believe he does, he will know that there are limits to human understanding. He was the one who created this confusion in which there is poverty, injustice, greed, and loneliness. He doubtless had the best of intentions, but the results have proved disastrous; if God exists, he will be generous with those creatures who chose to leave this Earth early, and he might even apologize for having made us spend time here.”
― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die