Sometimes people are beautifulNot in looksNot in what they sayJust in what they are

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.

Hey, I write fiction. I just make this stuff up, unless I get my hands on some good juicy truth. You know the kind I'm talking about ... that stranger-than variety.

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes.

All learning is derived from things previously known.

You never can expect what people's reactions are going to be. You can only hope that everyone feels the way that you do.

The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.

If you are silent, be silent out of love. If you speak, speak out of love.

Maybe it's just L.A., but [high school girls] look like men, like they would have kids and s - t.

I love fashion week. It has great energy and vibe.

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion'. I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.