“You don’t let go once. That’s your first mistake. You say goodbye over a lifetime. You might not have thought about her for ten years, then you’ll hear a song or you’ll walk past somewhere you once went together—something will come to the
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“You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.”
― Stargirl
― Stargirl
“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Even death has a heart.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
“She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”
― Stargirl
― Stargirl
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