Lynn

“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.

She was the book thief without the words.

Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Second chances are not to be wasted. It is one of the most valuable lessons we can learn in life.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds: A Novel

“Everything around her was suddenly stitched together by unseen threads, as thin as gossamer. She'd come here wanting to feel a connection, but she'd always thought that connection would be to her mother.
Instead, it was to these people.
And it felt more substantial, more real, than she could ever have dreamed.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Other Birds

“If our cerebellum were connected to our brain, we would possess full knowledge of our own anatomy, of what was happening inside our bodies. Oh, we'd say to ourselves, the level of potassium in my blood has fallen. My third cervical vertebra is feeling tension. My blood pressure is low today, I must move about, and yesterday's egg salad has sent my cholesterol level too high, so I must watch what I eat today. We have this body of ours, a troublesome piece of luggage, we don't really know anything about it and we need all sorts of tools to find out about its most natural processes”
― Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead