Amanda

“When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“You think someone is really important and different, but then you get to know them and it ruins everything”
― Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

“It's impeccable how brutal the truth can be at times. You can only admire it. Usually, we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay," we say. "I'm alright." But sometimes the truth arrives on you, and you can't get it off. That’s when you realize that sometimes it isn’t even an answer - it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

“we can simultaneously be human and monster—that both of those possibilities are in all of us.”
― Matthew Quick, Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock