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Liesl & Po
Lauren Oliver
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“She liked the word ineffable because it meant a feeling so big or vast that it could not be expressed in words. And yet, because it could not be expressed in words, people had invented a word to express it, and that made Liesl feel hopeful, somehow.”
“(I)f you do not believe that hearts can bloom suddenly bigger, and that love can open like a flower out of even the hardest places, then I am afraid that for you the road will be long and brown and barren, and you will have trouble finding the light. But if you do believe, then you already know all about magic.”
“When people were afraid, they did not always do what they knew to be right. They turned away. They closed their eyes. They said, Tomorrow. Tomorrow, perhaps, I'll do something about it. And they said that until they died.”
“People could push and pull at you, and poke you, and probe as deep as they could go. They could even tear you apart, bit by bit. But at the heart and root and soul of you, something would remain untouched.”
“That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.”
“People need other people to feel things for them," she said. "It gets lonely to feel things all by yourself.”
“She liked that word: we. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.”
“The sparrows jumped before they knew how to fly, and they learned to fly only because they had jumped”
“I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figure something out." Liesl managed to smile at him. She liked that word: *we*. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.”
“Most people don't want to be saved. Besides, if you keep bailing everybody out, they'll never learn to paddle on their own.”
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ineffable, humanity, jump, together, emotion, love, words, bravery, learn, difficulty, we, language, overcoming-adversity, hug, vastness, magic, feeling
