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- I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.
- It was Russia, January 5, 1943, and just another icy day. Out among the city and snow, there were dead Russians and Germans everywhere. Those…
- 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,…
- She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each wall was armed…
- His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say "I…
- 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…
- After another ten minutes, the gates of thievery would open just a crack, and Liesel Meminger would widen them a little further and squeeze through.…
- When her hands reached out and poured the tea, it was as if she also poured something into me while I sat there sweating in…
- A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe when it's cold. And I…
- Possibly the only good to come out of these nightmares was that it brought Hans Hubermann, her new papa, into the room, to soothe her,…
- You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue.
- My voice is like a rumour. I'm not sure if it came out or not, or if it is true.
- She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel their frightened eyes hanging onto her as she hauled the words in and breathed them…
- For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the…
- Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. "Is…
- There are so many moments to remember and sometimes I think that maybe we're not really people at all. Maybe moments are what we are....…
- It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.
- Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. When their bodies had finished scouring…
- Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so…
- I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her. Nothing, however,…
- Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.
- When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.
- Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing…
- It’s the leftover humans. The survivors. They’re the ones I can’t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek…
- When we move apart, she looks at me again, till a small tear lifts itself up in her eye. It trips out to find a…
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