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“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”
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“A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.”
― 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
“I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even 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...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
Amit’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amit’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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288 books
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27 friends
113 books
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82 books
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41 friends
8 books
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63 friends
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131 friends
15 books
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155 friends
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