Who said "She was learning to steal words and keep them."?

This quote is attributed to Death.

She was learning to steal words and keep them. - Death

"She was learning to steal words and keep them."

Death Literature

Character in The Book Thief

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

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"I am haunted by humans."

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"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

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