Death

Character in The Book Thief From: The Book Thief

The narrator who observes and comments on human nature throughout the story

398 quotes

"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Literature
"The consequence of this is that I'm always finding human bones at number 33."
Death
"I am haunted by humans."
Death
"She was a girl who decided to steal books."
Literature
"Even death has a heart."
"When she arrived at 33 Himmel Street, she sat down on the curb outside the gate and cried."
"I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so beautiful."
Beauty
"The small ghost of her mother drifted away with the car."
Family
"She learned to love the power of words."
Literature
"The words were everywhere."
Literature
"Liesel's hands trembled as she held the book."
Fear
"I have come to terms with the world."
Wisdom
"His soul sat up. It rose from the bed like a mist."
Death
"The boy vomited a mouthful of words."
Literature
"Money always came later."
Money
"A SMALL FACT You are going to die."
Death
"The sun collapses and she catches it in her hands."
Hope
"Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."
Death
"She stole books. Today was the day."
Literature
"The boy was named Rudy Steiner."
Friendship
"I wanted to tell the book thief many things about beauty."
Beauty
"She was the book thief without the words."
Literature
"She had a voice like the wind."
Art
"The war had started, and words were scattered like blood across the page."
War
"Death came knocking at the door."
Death
"He was a child who did not understand."
Wisdom
"The sky was the color of suffering."
Art
"Her face was pale but beautiful in its darkness."
Beauty
"Words like weapons are both beautiful and terrible."
Literature
"The night came alive with stolen words."
Literature