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...Death. But wait. If you can fight your way past the rather challenging first few pages, you will find that Liesel, whose hobby is stealing books, especially stealing banned books from the Nazis, is a heroine worth fighting for, and that Death is actually a pretty cool guy to hang out with ("I like this human idea of the grim reaper," he says, "I like the scythe"). Zusak doesn't sugarcoat anything, but he makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse-Five: with grim, darkly consoling humor...
...study with Jim, "it's like being able to call Shakespeare up on the phone." If only Jim recognizes some spark of genius in him, then all doubt will be banished. Larry is not alone in this hope. The poetry students all idolize Jim and are thrilled to hang out with him at his house or in the local bars. They defend him against the traditionalist administration. But the problem with big stars is their gravitational pull. It's hard for anyone in the vicinity to stop orbiting around them and find their own course. And Jim's ego, manic...
...face of a prolonged injury to offensive sparkplug Jess Holsey, Delaney-Smith needed some quick offense, and she found it in a deep rookie class she considers her best ever. Perhaps their ability to play so effectively stems from their camaraderie off the court.“We hang out a lot and watch TV in each other’s rooms,” Moretzsohn said.“We try to eat dinner together after every practice and love hanging out outside of the basketball scene,” Rollins said.More than best friends, the group has grown...
...different flavors of bubble tea. “That must be the missing 2% in our compatibility,” Lu said. And while Lu didn’t score a goodbye kiss after walking Vangelakos back to Canaday, he parted by saying, “We can definitely hang out in section...
...hang out on campus once in a while, like when there’s a fucking blizzard,” says Wellesley junior Elian Rosenfeld...