“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.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“To belittle, you have to be little.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
― The Prophet
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
― The Prophet
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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