Mother Quote by Markus Zusak

““Sometimes she would whisper the word Mama and see her mother’s face a hundred times in a single afternoon.””

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Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.

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“For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.”

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“I'm twenty years old and look at me-- there isn't a thing I want to do”

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You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched…

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“When a woman with an iron fist tells you to get out there and clean spit off the door, you do it. Especially when…

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Is there cowardice with the acknowledgement of fear?

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In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much…

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“«¿Por qué no puede oírlo el resto del mundo? —me pregunto. En pocos segundos me lo pregunto muchas veces—. Porque no le importa —me…

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Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest?

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I see how complicated it is to make a film and how many people are involved and I love the fact that I get to sit in a room on my own and the set costs nothing and the actors cost nothing and I'm the director and it's so simple. You just need a pen and paper to make a…

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