Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"A small fact:You are going to die...does this worry you?"
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"The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help. They ignore the reality that a new version of the same old problem will be waiting at the end of the trip- the relative you cringe to kiss."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"There were people everywhere on the city street, but the stranger could not have been more alone if it were empty."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book thief's kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"It's pathetic how a man can stand by and do nothing as a whole nation cleans out the garbage and makes itself great"-Hans Junior"
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"It's lucky I was there. Then again, who am I kidding? I'm in most places at least once, and in 1943, I was just about everywhere."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"The question is, what colour will everything be at that moment when I come for you? What will the sky be saying?"
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"You might well ask just what the hell he was thinking. The answer is, probably nothing at all. He'd probably say he was exercising his God-given right to stupidity."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially."Why me"You know- your mama."What about her" Liesel was exercising the blatant right of every person who's ever belonged to a family. It's all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won't let anyone else do it. That's when you get your back up and show loyalty."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"If nothing else, they died fast and they were warm. The boy from the plane, I thought. The one with the teddy bear. Where was Rudy's confort? Where was someone to alleviate this robbery of his life? Who was there to soothe him as life's rug was snatched from under his sleeping feet?"
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"Whoever named Himmel Street certainly had a healthy sense of irony. Not that is was a living hell. It wasn't. But is sure as hell wasn't heaven, either."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water."
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
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