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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby

“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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“Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”
― Wolf Hall
― Wolf Hall
“Keep your best wishes, close to your heart and watch what happens”
― Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within
― Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within

“Hair the color of lemons,'" Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. "You told him about me?"
At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.
Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month from his death.
Of course I told him about you," Liesel said.”
― The Book Thief
At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It's likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn't matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.
Years ago, when they'd raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month from his death.
Of course I told him about you," Liesel said.”
― The Book Thief
“You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.”
― The Funny Thing Is...
― The Funny Thing Is...

“We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering, sometimes it's easier. Sometimes we find our own way out. But regardless, always, we are found.”
― Thanks for the Memories
― Thanks for the Memories

“Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.”
― The Name of This Book Is Secret
― The Name of This Book Is Secret

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart when that breaks it s completely silent. You would think as it s so important it would make the loudest noise in the whole world or even have some ... Read Moresort of ceremonious sound like the gong of a cymbal or the ringing of a bell. But it s silent and you almost wish there was a noise to distract you from the pain. If there is a noise it s internal. It screams and no one can hear it but you. It screams so loud your ears ring and your head aches. It trashes around in your chest like a great white shark caught in the sea it roars like a mother bear whose cub has been taken. That s what it looks like and that s what it sounds like a trashing panicking trapped great big beast roaring like a prisoner to its own emotions. But that s the thing about love no one is untouchable.”
― If You Could See Me Now
― If You Could See Me Now

“I felt after I finished Slaughterhouse-Five that I didn鈥檛 have to write at all anymore if I didn鈥檛 want to. It was the end of some sort of career. I don鈥檛 know why, exactly. I suppose that flowers, when they鈥檙e through blooming, have some sort of awareness of some purpose having been served. Flowers didn鈥檛 ask to be flowers and I didn鈥檛 ask to be me. At the end of Slaughterhouse-Five鈥 had a shutting-off feeling鈥hat I had done what I was supposed to do and everything was OK .”
― Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
― Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut

“What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary

“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”
― The Prince and the Pauper
― The Prince and the Pauper

“You've got the look of a girl who's no stranger to the page. I can tell. You've got words in your soul.”
― Nevernight
― Nevernight

“When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, 鈥業t鈥檚 all in Plato鈥� 鈥� meaning that the physical world we see around us is the crude, shabby, imperfect, second-rate copy of something much better. I want to emphasize the simple physical truth of things, the absolute primacy of the material life, rather than the spiritual or the afterlife.
[The New York Times interview, 2000]”
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[The New York Times interview, 2000]”
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“When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.”
― When Harry Met Sally
― When Harry Met Sally

“Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It鈥檚 true that I鈥檝e always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.”
― Die for Me
― Die for Me

“The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.”
― The Wrath and the Dawn
― The Wrath and the Dawn
“Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling”
― Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within
― Legacy: The Power Within: The Power Within

“A book is as dangerous as any journey you might take. The person who closes the back cover may not be the same one that opened the front one. Treat them with respect.”
― Red Sister
― Red Sister

“I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island

“I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief... I'm not in the business of offending people. I find the books upholding certain values that I think are important, such as life is immensely valuable and this world is an extraordinarily beautiful place. We should do what we can to increase the amount of wisdom in the world.
[Washington Post interview, 19 February 2001]”
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[Washington Post interview, 19 February 2001]”
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“Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here," he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover.
"Are we going to read to each other?"
"Just flip it open to the back."
Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?"
"Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face."
"My face has character. Besides - oh!"
"An excellent read, isn't it?"
"Who knew I had a taste for literature?”
― Six of Crows
"Are we going to read to each other?"
"Just flip it open to the back."
Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?"
"Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face."
"My face has character. Besides - oh!"
"An excellent read, isn't it?"
"Who knew I had a taste for literature?”
― Six of Crows
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