The Book Thief

"The words kept coming."

"Rudy wanted his kisses."

"Rosa was a good woman, though her temper was fiery."

"The accordion man breathed out."

"She stole books. That's what you have to understand."

"Death had never been busier."

"The Nazi flags were everywhere."

"Liesel would not have liked to admit it, but she was happy."

"In the basement, Max was reading the imaginary stories."

"The building was yellow."

"She loves the words."

"The basement was silent except for the sound of Max's breathing."

"Words are very powerful."

"I could introduce myself properly now. This is my name."

"The book thief had struck for the first time."

"You see, in all my years, all my endless mercenary existence, I have seen so much."

"Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes."

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

"Everything is okay."

"I'm not stupid, you know."

"Sometimes I think my papa is like a street."

"The words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel read them as though briefed in all things to come."

"I wanted to tell the book thief many things about beauty and ugliness."

"A small fact: You are going to die."

"She was holding her breath."

"I am haunted by humans."

"The boy who blocks the street."

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

"Survival is not always a victory - sometimes it is merely a curse of luck."

"The narrator and the girl were bound by story, by word, by the power of narrative itself."