One opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.
And on most occasions she was sorry to wake up. Everything disappeared when she was asleep.
No mezclo nada, sólo repito lo que dijiste. Lo que uno cuenta y lo que sucede de verdad no suele coincidir, Rudy, sobre todo contigo.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM*** MAX VANDENBURGOften I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.
A SMALL THEORY***People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and its ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing m...
A SMALL SUGGESTION***Or maybe there was a woman on Grande Strasse who now kept her library window open for another reason - but that's just be being cynical, or hopeful. Or both.
A 2 A.M. CONVERSATION****Is this yours?Yes, Papa.Do you want to read it?Again, Yes,Papa.A tired smile.Metallic eyes, melting.Well, we'd better read it, then.
THE LAST WORDS OF LIESEL MEMINGER**I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.
* *THE FILES OF RECOLLECTION* * *Oh, yes, I definitely remember himThe sky was murky and deep like quicksand.There was a young man parceled up in barbed wire,like a giant crown of thorns. I untangled...
* * ХУЖЕ МАЛЬЧИШКИ, КОТОРЫЙ ТЕБЯ НЕНАВИДИТ, ТОЛЬКО ОДНО * * *— мальчишка, который тебя любит.
И пак тя щеше да покаже на мен, още веднъж, че една възможност води до друга, също както един риск води до още рискове, един живот до още живот и една смърт до още смърт.
Дую теплом себе в ладони, чтобы разогреть их.Но трудно согреть руки, если души еще дрожат.
В началото той се опитваше да е сдържан, но с всеки следващ ден ставаше все по-трудно, защото момичето се появяваше с нов синоптичен доклад за чисто синьо небе, картонени облаци или слънце, което си е...
¿Cómo puede quedarse allí sentada dispuesta a morir mientras yo quiero seguir viviendo? [...] ¿Por qué quiero vivir? No debería y, sin embargo, quiero vivir.
«¿Por qué no puede oírloel resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me respondo al fin, y sé queestoy en lo cierto. Tengo la sensación de ha...
Una prueba más de lo contradictorio que es el ser humano. Una pizca de bondad, una pizca de maldad y sólo falta añadirle agua.
The blatant right of every person who’s ever belonged to a family. It’s all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won’t let anyone else do it.
Cigarette, flipped it on the table, and began on another. Just like this. That was when Mama finished her soup with a clank, suppressed a cardboard burp, and answered for him. That Saukerl, she said....
Are going to die. I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about this whole topic, though most people find themselves hindered in believing me, no matter my protestations. Please, trust me....
Again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.