Very suddenly. Yes, quite suddenly, I didn't feel like I could handle my feeling of aloneness.

I'm having bigger problems when I'm writing.

Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.

When she faced the noise, she found the mayor’s wife in a brand-new bathrobe and slippers. On the breast pocket of the robe sat an embroidered swastika. Propaganda even reached the bathroom.

Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you." -Liesel

There were stars. They burned my eyes.

People die of broken hearts. They have heart attacks. And it's the heart that hurts most when things go wrong and fall apart.