I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.

I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.

Markus Zusak

Only hearts... They're in the inside of the inside of me.

Only hearts... They're in the inside of the inside of me.

All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.

All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.

The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.

The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.

Things always seem to glide away. They come to you, stay a moment, then leave again.

Things always seem to glide away. They come to you, stay a moment, then leave again.

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books.

The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.

The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy.

My arms are killing me. I didn't know words could be so heavy.

Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.

Maybe one morning I’ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.

I always marvel at the humans' ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.

You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.

You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.

I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.

I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life.

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished just to stay near it.

It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.

It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.

They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.

They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.