All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr

pocket. That something so small could be so beautiful. Worth so much. Only the strongest people can turn away from feelings like that.” They are quiet a moment. Marie-Laure says, “I heard that the diamond is like a piece of light from the original world. Before it fell. A piece of light rained to earth from God.” “You want to know what it looks like. That’s why you’re so curious.” She rolls a murex in her hands. Holds it to her ear. Ten thousand drawers, ten thousand whispers inside ten thousand