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“Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?”
― Finnikin of the Rock
― Finnikin of the Rock
“She would grab whatever she could - a look, a whisper, a moan - to salvage from perishing, to preserve. But time is most unforgiving of fires, and she couldn't, in the end, save it all .”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The world is always just what it is now, and it's up to you how you respond to it.”
― Warm Bodies
― Warm Bodies
“Sir Topher finally looked up. “Because any hope beyond that, my boy, would be too much. I feared we would drown in it.”
"Then I choose to drown,” Finnikin said. “In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
― Finnikin of the Rock
"Then I choose to drown,” Finnikin said. “In hope. Rather than float into nothing.”
― Finnikin of the Rock
“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
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