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

The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words.

When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.

He left Himmel Street wearing his hangover and a suit.

In the basement of 33 Himmel Street, Max Vandenburg could feel the fists of an entire nation. One by one they climbed into the ring to beat him down. They made him bleed. They let him suffer. Millions of them - until one last time, when he gathered himself to his feet.

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

He's most likely robbing the bank as a paycheck on the world for winning the ugliness prize at his local fete three years running.