148 quotes found
“Even death has a heart.”
“***A KEY WORD*** Imagined”
“She kept watching the words. ”
“You can't eat books, sweetheart.”
“One eye open. One still in a dream”
“It could be worse. I could be you.”
“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.”
“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”
“A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children”
“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 ...”
“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”
“I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.”
“Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?”
“I watched the sky as it turned from silver to grey to the colour of rain. Even the clouds tried to look the other way.”
“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”
“She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a serie...”
“So much good, so much evil. Just add water.”
“Rosa Hubermann was sitting on the edge of the bed with her husband's accordion tied to her chest. Her fingers hovered above the keys. She did not move. She didn't ever appear to be breathing.”
“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”
“She walked down the basement steps. She saw an imaginary framed photo seep into the wall - a quiet-smiled secret. No more than a few meters, it was a long walk to the drop sheets and the assortment...”
“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 i...”
“When finally she finished and stood herself up, he put his arm around her, best-buddy style, and they walked on. There was no request for a kiss. Nothing like that. You can love Rudy for that, if y...”
“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
“A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”
