Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2) QUOTES

23 " I just know that right now, we want to be proud. For once. We want to take the struggle and rise above it. We want to frame it, live it, survive it. We want to put it in our mouths and taste it and never forget it, because it makes us strong. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

24 " Smile with instinct, then lick your wounds in the darkest of dark corners. Trace the scars back to your own fingers and remember them. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

25 " Can a wolfe be beautiful? "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

26 " But neither of us knows, because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the beginning that you're going to win. It's the ones in between that test you. They're the ones that bring questions with them. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

27 " It's the sound of my breathing that gets me, pouring down into my lungs and then tripping back up my throat. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

28 " How'd it feel?" Rube asked himself. "I don't know exactly, but it made me want to howl. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

29 " He's been to the brink and come back. I guess when you lose your pride, even for just a moment, you realise how much it means to you. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

30 " When I’m there, Rube’s eyes fire into mine. Make sure you get up, they tell me, and I nod, then jump up. The jacket’s off. My skin’s warm. My wolfish hair sticks up as always, nice and thick. I’m ready now. I’m ready to keep standing up, no matter what, I’m ready to believe that I welcome the pain and that I want it so much that I will look for it. I will seek it out. I’ll run to it and throw myself into it. I’ll stand in front of it in blind terror and let it beat me down and down till my courage hangs off me in rags. Then it will dismantle me and stand me up naked, beat me some more and my slaughter-blood will fly from my mouth and the pain will drink it, feel it, steal it and conceal it in the pockets of its guts and it will taste me. It will just keep standing me up, and I won’t let it know. I won’t tell it that I feel it. I won’t give it the satisfaction. No, the pain will have to kill me. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

31 " We smell the impact of traffic and humans. Humans and traffic. Back and forth. We taste our moment, swallowing it, knowing it. We feel our nerves twitching inside our stomaches, lunging at our skin from beneath. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

32 " Around us I can sniff out a savagery in the noisy southern air. It knifes it's way into my nose, but I do not bleed blood. It's fear I bleed, and it gushes out over my lip. I wipe it away, in a hurry. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

33 " I say, 'Don't lose your heart, Rube.'
And very clearly, without moving, my brother answers me.
He says, 'I'm not tryin' to lose it, Cam. I'm tryin' to find it. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

34 " See, Cameron. The only things I care about in this life are me, you, Mum, Dad, Steve and Sarah. And maybe Miffy. The rest of the world means nothing to me. The rest of the world can rot.'
Am I like that too?'
You? No way.' There's a slight gap in his words. 'And that's your problem. You care about everything.'
He's right.
I do. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)

35 " Значи това било. Руб е победител. Но не иска да бъде такъв. Иска преди всичко да бъде боец. Като нас.
Да играе мач, който може да загуби. Отговарям му, за да го успокоя:
- Пак ще се биеш, като всички нас.
- Мислиш ли?
Но никой от нас не знае, защото мачът не струва пукната пара, ако си сигурен от самото начало, че ще спечелиш. Истинското изпитание са онези, чийто изход не знаеш. Тъкмо те поставят въпроси и искат отговор.
Руб още не се е бил. Не е играл истински мач.
- Когато ми се случи, дали ще се изправя? - пита той.
- Не знам - признавам си.
Той предпочита хиляди пъти да е боец във вълчата глутница, отколкото единствен победител в целия свят.
- Кажи ми как се прави - моли ме той. - Кажи ми!
Но и двамата разбираме, че има неща, на които никой не може да те научи. Боецът може да бъде победител, но това не прави задължително победителя боец. "

― Markus Zusak , Fighting Ruben Wolfe (Wolfe Brothers, #2)