Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

"Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced."

"So much good, so much evil. Just add water."

"Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?"

"I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life."

"Even death has a heart."

"If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter."

"She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers... She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on..."

"He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry."

"A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children"

"The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you."