It was a tradition for Frau Holtzapfel, one of their neighbors, to spit on the Hubermanns’ door every time she walked past. The front door was only meters from the gate, and let’s just say that Frau H...
Insane or not, Rudy was always destined to be Liesel's best friend. A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.
In tutta sincerità, mi sforzo di prendere la faccenda allegramente, anche se, a dispetto delle mie proteste, la maggior parte delle persone trova difficile credermi. Per favore, fidati di me. Posso da...
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.
How do you tell if something’s alive?You check for breathing.
How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.
His church is the old one at the edge of town, and I now realize why he's chosen to live here. The church is too far away for him to really help anyone, so this is the best place for him. It's everywh...
He was built like a very small supermarket: Compact; expensive if you crossed him.
He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.
As always, one of her books was next to her.
An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.
A fighter can be a winner, but that doesn't make a winner a fighter.
A LAST NOTE FROM YOUR NARRATOR I am haunted by humans.
—Estoy buscando esto —le digo señalándonos a los dos con la mano—. Nos estoy buscando a ti y a mí juntos.Audrey se arrodilla a mi lado y posa su mano en la mía para hacerme soltar las hojas.—No creo q...
Und seid versichert, diese Frau hatte tatsächlich ein Herz, und zwar ein größeres, als die meisten Leute vermutet hätten. Da war eine Menge drin, aufgestapelt, meterhoch auf verborgenen Regalen.
‘My heart is so tired,’ the girl had said. She was sitting in a chapel, writing in her diary. No, thought Liesel as she walked. It’s my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn’t feel...
Sometimes the human race likes to crank things up a little. They increase the production of bodies and their escaping souls.
You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue.