When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.

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

… it was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger. The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn’t quite managed.

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

Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.

Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

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

Please note, I am not suggesting that illicit drugs are required to break down social barriers.

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

I design for myself and the first question I ask is, 'Would I wear it?'

You fall in love with people's minds.

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

I'm not a huge fan of plastic surgery, for either guys or girls.

The main characteristic of play - whether of child or adult - is not it content but its mode. Play is an approach to action, not a form of activity.

It seems to me that you would have to write a novel on a very small, intimate scale for it not to become political.

Just be true to yourself and don't do anything that doesn't feel right.

To believe in God starts with a conclusion about Him, develops into confidence in Him, and then matures into a conversation with Him.