

“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief

“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

“I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed

“All good things in life are fragile and easily lost”
― And the Mountains Echoed
― And the Mountains Echoed

“And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
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