One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.

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.

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

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.

When you are not full of the Holy Spirit, you easily cower in fear and lack a stand on truth

The soul gets tougher with every endure situation.

A world of goodness surrounds you.

but sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away

To accelerate success, we must get as close to our dreams as possible as soon as possible.

Many runners worry about who is in the race, or they think about the time they must run to win. I only try to run as fast as I am capable - nothing less.

I don't see anything wrong with technology as long as it doesn't interfere with your life.

I look up to people that are much older than me, so being a mentor is a full time job.

Great little One! whose all-embracing birth Lifts Earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to Earth.