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“The human child – so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“You’re a human, you should understand self-obsession.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Even death has a heart.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.

She was the book thief without the words.

Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“My heart is so tired”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“She was saying goodbye and she didn't even know it.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“You can't eat books, sweetheart.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“It's a lot easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel
So am I.'- Rudy”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“***HERE IS A SMALL FACT***
You are going to die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“When death captures me," the boy vowed, "he will feel my fist in his face." (31.26)”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The best word shakers were the ones who understood the true power of words. They were the ones who could climb the highest. One such word shaker was a small, skinny girl. She was renowned as the best word shaker of her region because she knew how powerless a person could be WITHOUT words.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same can be both.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The point is, Ilsa Hermann had decided to make suffering her triumph. When it refused to let go of her, she succumbed to it. She embraced it. ”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”
― Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief

“They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from the words. From Liesel's words.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Don’t make me happy. Please, don’t fill me up and let me think that something good can come of any of this. Look at my bruises. Look at this graze. Do you see the graze inside me? Do you see it growing before your very eyes, eroding me? I don’t want to hope for anything anymore.”
― markus zusak

“Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The thrill of being ignored!”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“It's much easier . . . to be on the verge of something than to actually be it. This would still take time.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The injury of words.
Yes, the brutality of words.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“He killed himself for wanting to live.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief