we are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences

To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books - that is the oddest experience in the world!

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.