Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true--big things are often just small things that are noticed.

She was like a lone angel floating above the surface of the earth, laughing with delight because she could fly but crying out of loneliness.

Rudy Steiner was scared of the book theif's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again, and would go to his grave without them.

If I ever leave this place- I'll make sure I'm better HERE first.

I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.

I'd been in love with her for years. I never left this suburban town. I didn't go to university. I went to Audrey.