I s'pose, I can't have it all my own way, can I? You can't drown in a person unless they let you.

I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a house painter like my father, but I was always screwing up when I went to work with him. I had a talent for knocking over paint and painting myself into corners. I also realized fairly quickly that painting bored me.

He killed himself for wanting to live.

Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.

You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. Find yourself a mirror while I continue.

The night is alive with stars, and when I lie down and look up, I get lost up there. I feel like I’m falling, but upward, into the abyss of sky above me.