Oskar's Mom: Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.
"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."
"How many hundreds of thousands of fingers brushing against each other does it take to make love?"
Thomas (dad): Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
Oskar:I can't remember which.
T- Do you know what those words mean?
O: Not really
T: An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical.
O: I'm an optimist.
T: Well, thats good, because theres no irrefutable evidence. There's nothing that could convince someone who doesn't want to be convinced. But there is an abundance of clues that would give the wanting believer something to hold on to.
This next quote gave me a flashback to my boyfriends overdose.
Oskar's Grandmother: "When your grandfather left me 40 years ago, I erased all of his writing. I washed the words from the mirrors and floors. I painted over the walls. I cleaned the shower curtains. I even refinished the floors. It took me as long as I had known him to get rid of all his words. Like turning an hour glass over."
This made me think what would I have done if he died? What would I have done? Reacted and how would I have dealt with it all?
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