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The Book Thief

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has neve

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Characters

Markus Zusak (38)Makrus Zusak (1)Liesel (1)

“She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: goodbye

“She took a step and didn’t want to take any more, but she did.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Courage, strength

“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.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: humans, People, best and worst, ugly and beauty, both sides

“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Book Lover, Literate, Bibliophile, Books, Books as an Escape

“I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Acceptance, Happiness, Gratitude, Experience

“My heart is so tired.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: heart, Sad, Exhausted, Ready To Give Up

“Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you’ve finished just to stay near it.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Readers, Writers, Novels, bookworms, Books

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Words, Literature, Writing

“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, amazon.com

Tagged: Unlovable, Alone, Sadness

“The impoverished always try to keep moving, as if relocating might help.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Nomad, moving, Relocation, Constant Movement

“I traveled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: travel

“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Snow, Friendship, How To Make Friends

“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.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Question, Answers

“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: smiling, pretending, Suffering

“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: weird loving friendship, snowball, goofy, Silly, playful

“Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes.”

— Makrus Zusak, Liesel, amazon.com

Tagged: I Love You Dad, Fatherhood, Happiness, Childhood, Love

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

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, True Love, Hate, boys

“First the colors. Then the humans. That’s usually how I see things. Or at least, how I try.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: first lines of books

“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”

— Markus Zusak, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, smiling, pretending