They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.
The town itself was a hard, distant storyland; you could see it from afar. There was all the straw-like landscape, and marathons of sky. Around it, a wilderness of low scrub and gum trees stood close...
Stealing is what the army does. Taking your father, and mine.
Sometimes you go to the wrong place, but the right way comes and finds you.
Something I'd like to be perfect at? ... Loving you,' I said. The words climbed from my mouth. 'I'd want to be perfect at loving you.
So ein Typ war er. Ruben Wolf. Wenn er am Leben war, war er okay.
She was one if the few souls that made me wonder what's it to live.
She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...
She kept watching the words.
Only hearts... They're in the inside of the inside of me.
Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece of it. I have given you two events in advance, because I don't have much interest in build...
Nu mai erau oameni pe stradă. Erau zvonuri care cărau genți.
Los mejores recolectores de palabras eran los que comprendían el verdadero poder de las palabras, los que subían más alto.
Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.
Just remember that the enemy here is not in front of you.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph
It’s funny how there are things in this world that do nothing but annoy you, but you know you’d miss them when they’re gone.
It felt as though the while globe was dressed in snow. Like it had pulled it on, the way you pull on a jumper.
It feels like the mornings clap their hands.To make me wake.
It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on, coughing and searching, and finding.