“It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it. And even more courage to see it in the one you love”
― An Ideal Husband
― An Ideal Husband
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”
― 1984
― 1984
“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.”
― The Adventures of Sally
― The Adventures of Sally
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