Literature Quotes

"In the darkness, she could feel the words."

"Every time she read, the words were different. The meaning was never the same."

"Liesel understood that people are made of stories, not of flesh and bone."

"She was the opposite of a book thief. She was a word giver."

"A house without books is a poor house"

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

"The book thief stole books. On the way down the basement steps, she thought about her life."

"One last time, she read the words of the boy who had stolen the world."

"Stories are the only thing that live forever."

"In the basement, words lived."

"The words were like a doorway."

"The book thief and the boy had written their own story."

"Stories protect us from forgetting."

"The manuscripts contained the story of everything that had happened and would happen."

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

"I wanted to tell the book thief many things."

"Words had power—real power."

"The smell of books became her only religion."

"Books were safer than people, but less lonely."

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

"Words are life."

"You can't do much with thirty-three words, but there are stories in those words that I know nothing about."

"She was a book thief without categories."

"She was learning to steal words and keep them."

"Words are dangerous."

"Sometimes when I read, I don't know who I am anymore."

"Paper is patient."

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

"There should be a word for the feeling you get when you're reading a good book."

"Words are life."