

“There were emotions she wanted to hold in the palm of her hand that were simply no longer there.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck

“It is one of the things she has come to love about America, the abundance of unreasonable hope.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck

“Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief

“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief

“She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs.”
― The Thing Around Your Neck
― The Thing Around Your Neck
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