"have you noticed that life has an if in it? i mean the word. L.I.F.E. so the iffyness of life was there all the time. i just hadnt noticed. what a domkop!" (231)
"in the diary, anne says that youth is lonelier than old age. D'you think that's true?"
"i havent thought about it. do you think it is?"
"how would i know? havent been old yet."
"nor had anne, so how could she know?"
"but you must think i'm mad, falling for a girl who's only words in a book."
"some people say falling in love is a kind of madness whenever it happens. if that's so, all i can say is i would rather be mad than sane"
"i asked Geertrui the other day what she thought love is- real love, true love. she said that for her real love is observing another person and being observed by another person with complete attention."
"the difference is, i have noticed, is that a mother battles on behalf of her son against the world, whereas a father batles to possess his daughter for himself."
"i see with an eye that feels
and feel with an eye that sees" -JW von Goethe
excerpts from :- Postcards from No-Man's Land, Aidan Chambers
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Like-wow! i absolutely adore your keen eye and wicked observation of the book's quotes. Love lots! :D
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