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Literature has the same impact as a match lit in the middle of a field in the middle of the night. The match illuminates relatively little, but it enables us to see how much darkness surrounds it.
Books are extremely dangerous; they make people think.
Adults wear themselves out pointlessly searching for a joy they never find. But in children, it bursts out of every pore.
strength isn’t in uniforms—it’s in faith, pride, and determination.
Starting a book is like boarding a train to go on holiday.
For the grown-ups, a year was nothing more than a small segment of a large apple.
When you’re young, a year is almost your entire life, the whole apple.
Maybe that’s what love is—sharing the cold.
“Those who go no longer suffer.…” No one knows how much suffering still awaits those left behind.
A book is like a trapdoor that leads to a secret attic: You can open it and go inside. And your world is different.
If God exists, then so does the devil. They’re travelers on the same rail line, moving in opposite directions. Good and evil somehow counterbalance each other. You could almost say they need each other: How would we know that we are doing good if evil didn’t exist so that we could compare them and see the difference?
Each minute is lived intensely because right now is everything.
Reading is a pleasure.
Not bad for a handful of old books.
Peace doesn’t cure everything, at least not that quickly.
A person waiting for you somewhere is like a match you strike at night in the countryside. It may not be able to light up everything, but it does show you the way back home.
A book is like a loaf of bread made with yeast, and it continues to expand from within. It is alive as long as someone’s gaze converts the sheets of paper into emotions.
Teach your children not to hate, teach them to accept others.
