If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

Often 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.

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.

It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.

As always, one of her books was next to her.

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

Even death has a heart.

life doesn't have to be perfect to be enjoyed

I do not know your woes, Humans, but I do know that they are abundant. Believe in each other, and stand together, and you will conquer them all.

Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come you’d have to regrets?

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines.

Football games are generally won by the boys with the greatest desire.

You will be what you are, and whatever it is, you will be fine. Everyone has to accept that and love you for who you are; it doesn’t really matter where your heritage comes from

If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.

How do leaders serve their people? They may pay good wages and treat employees with respect.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her.

Very good. It was perfect.