The Book Thief

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

"I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so beautiful."

"A small but noteworthy note about swing music."

"Even though she didn't know it yet, Liesel was crying."

"The beauty of ignorance is that it's bliss."

"Sometimes I imagine how everything's been coded for me already and I'm just going through the motions."

"I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race."

"The words. Why are they so damned important?"

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

"In the end, Liesel lived."

"Beauty still existed in the darkest times."

"The greatest form of power was the power of words."

"She read to save herself."

"Liesel learned that kindness could be an act of rebellion."

"In war, people die who are not meant to die."

"The basement became her refuge and his cage."

"Words had the power to free you or imprison you."

"The boy from the Hitler Youth had become her enemy, then her friend."

"She had yellow hair and a brutal history."

"The colors of the day were grey and white and black."

"Death is patient."

"There was no time for sentiment."

"She was dreaming of words."

"The weather was good, and then it was not."

"Max would hide in words."

"Liesel's hunger was stronger than her fear."

"The Hubermann house was on a street called Himmel Street."

"She did not look back."

"The dark, gray grass was like death."

"I realized she was never going to leave."