The Book Thief

"I am death. And I make no apologies for my work."

"A man in the basement cannot be anything but human."

"The war didn't do anything."

"She was on her way to save a man, and she did."

"Rosa did something quite dangerous. She let me in."

"Some people refute small things."

"The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst."

"I could introduce myself properly now. This is the book thief. This is the one who stole my heart."

"If you ever read this, believe that we were the ones who loved you the most."

"The book thief stole books. Not really, not yet anyway."

"She was small, with a sharp nose and suffering eyes."

"Words are life. We read to know we are not alone."

"You can't just give up. Is that what you think I should do?"

"I wanted to tell her to be careful, but it was far too late for that."

"The truth was that Liesel, like herself, was not a girl of words. They had discovered that together over the last few weeks."

"Liesel, she is living here now. In the basement. She is stealing my words."

"I am haunted by humans."

"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."

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

"The last word was always goodbye."

"She learned to live in the margins."

"Even death can be a friend."

"The accordion man played their lives."

"She was marked by her losses."

"Words are the most powerful thing."

"The girl had fire in her chest."

"I have seen so much."

"The book was an escape."

"She survived by stealing words."

"Some colors are meant for suffering."