The Book Thief

"They lived in stolen time, but that made every moment sacred."

"A girl with a book is more dangerous to tyranny than any soldier."

"Some friendships transcend difference and survive the impossible."

"The safest place in the world can be a basement filled with books and love."

"Memory is both a blessing and a curse, and I carry both."

"She was proof that even in hell, humanity could persist."

"Death and I are old acquaintances in war, but the living are my mystery."

"In the end, words are all we have to resist tyranny."

"The girl who stole books also gave them away, and that was her true theft."

"A person's greatest enemy is often themselves, not their circumstances."

"Injustice must be remembered, or it will be repeated."

"The accordion player could speak what words could not express."

"Some people die with dignity, and that is the only victory they can claim."

"A stolen book changes the shape of your soul."

"Guilt and love are sometimes impossible to separate."

"The written word could not be bombed away like buildings - it lived in memory forever."

"Even in a world made of fire and ash, some things remain untouched and pure."

"She learned to read between the lines of reality and escape into imagination."

"Words have the power to comfort the condemned."

"A foster parent's love could be as real as any other, built on small kindnesses and shared suffering."

"Some people shine brighter in darkness than they ever would in light."

"The power to choose your own words is the power to choose your own destiny."

"Death keeps meticulous records, but he also keeps secrets."

"In times of war, friendship becomes the greatest treasure of all."

"Fear was a constant companion, but so was hope."

"The girl stole books and words stole her heart in return."

"Some books are meant to be written in secret, by candlelight, in the margins of war."

"Beauty could exist even in the ugliest places, if you knew where to look."

"The human heart is capable of both terrible cruelty and extraordinary compassion."

"She read to the dying and to the dead, and somehow it made her feel alive."