The Book Thief

Book · 5 characters · 505 quotes · 1998

Quotes from The Book Thief

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"Words are life."
Liesel Meminger Literature
D
"She refused to leave them behind."
Death Family
D
"The sky steals our colors."
Death Nature
D
"I wanted to tell the book thief many things about myself."
Death Truth
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"Even bad ideas are better than no ideas."
Hans Hubermann Wisdom
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"A single act of kindness is a beginning."
Rosa Hubermann Kindness
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"She was living proof of the power of words."
Death Knowledge
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"I'm always finding humans at their worst."
Death Truth
D
"Death has a surprising relationship with color."
Death Philosophy
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"There should be a word for the feeling you get when you're reading a good book."
Liesel Meminger Literature
D
"He was her best friend."
Death Friendship
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"The last time she saw her brother, he was mining the road to his death."
Death Death
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"Words were her way out."
Death Freedom
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"She held them in her hands like the words were treasures."
Death Education
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"A small fact: You are going to die. Despite every effort, no ability to enjoy the blue sky, not a single instrument nor a stone thrown at a window will preserve you."
Death Death
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"Sometimes I wonder what it means when you say you love someone."
Liesel Meminger Love
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"The boy who blocked the sky."
Death Hope
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"I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so beautiful."
Death Beauty
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"She was not a girl who could hide anything."
Death Truth
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"I am always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty."
Death Truth
D
"The consequence of this moment was significant."
Death Time
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"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death Literature
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"The book thief and her words outlasted the world."
Death
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"She refused to go down."
Death Courage
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"You're a thief? I hadn't noticed."
Hans Hubermann Humor
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"Paper is patient."
Liesel Meminger Literature
D
"The consequence is that I'm always looking at strangers and see their deaths."
Death Power
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"She felt the need to document things."
Death Creativity
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"Everything I knew about history began and ended there."
Death History
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"The sky was the color of regret."
Death Nature