“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
“I am haunted by humans.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.”
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“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
Ask Sarah Dessen - Tuesday, June 25th!
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