I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant... I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS. Markus Zusak
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The desire to know how it feels to be human is an important part of understanding ourselves. We want to know how it feels to be so small yet so large, so terrible yet so wonderful. We try to understand ourselves by comparing ourselves to other humans. We want to know what it is like to feel pain.

To see the world around us through the eyes of others, and then put ourselves in their shoes. Though I may never be able to do this completely, I am always fascinated by humankind.

Source: The Book Thief

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