“If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.”
― Every Last Word
― Every Last Word
“As you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return.”
― King's Cage
― King's Cage
“...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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