I can remember exactly where I was and how I felt when I turned that final page. They’ve stayed with me ever since.
“The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Emma
― Emma
“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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