We expressed love for this dog by ... knowing without showing that we cared for him.

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.

The best service to mankind is to become immersed in one's True Self.

During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.

Taking the time to build community, to get to know your people will have long-lasting benefits.

Only by you my heart always moves.

I'm working and it's great. Life's great. Believe me on that. So what if I had a stroke? I'm getting on with things.

You'd better make it your business to understand the market. The ability to charm or play the game is useful.

The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.

God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His.

There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.