Ester Durães
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“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
“Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
“Sometimes if you let people do things to you, you're really doing it to them.”
― Sharp Objects
― Sharp Objects
“I am haunted by humans.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― The Fault in Our Stars
― The Fault in Our Stars
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