I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

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.

It is spring again, my heart is dancing with flowers with love and joy.

A person's readiness to date is largely a matter of maturity and environment.

Tell me the story..About how the sun loved the moon so much..That she died every night..Just to let him breathe...

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.

You're just a natural beehive, filled with honey to the top. Well, I ain't greedy baby, all I want is all you got.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses

With this LP we were all very clear on the approach we wanted to take, which was to do something heavy, but also experiment with a lot of other things we really like.

Like sand on the beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we have taken.

Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything we might please - we should exercise some degree of personal, and corporate, responsibility.