“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“It is strange the way trauma deadens curiosity. To suffer cruelty in excess is to be delivered from care. The human heart sets aside its questions when the future is too capricious. This is the irony of tribulation.
To know the world will never be so bad.”
― The White Luck Warrior
To know the world will never be so bad.”
― The White Luck Warrior
“In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“It's hard to not like a man who not only notices the colors, but speaks them.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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