Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

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"The book thief and her words outlasted the world."
Death
D
"The power of words transcends all else."
Death
L
"Please, leave me some words."
Liesel Meminger
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"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death
D
"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death
D
"Perhaps the book thief was a girl who had realized the power of words. Perhaps she was someone who understood that reading wasn't just about the story - it was about belonging."
Death
D
"Some books are meant to be written in secret, by candlelight, in the margins of war."
Death
D
"The girl stole books and words stole her heart in return."
Death
D
"The written word could not be bombed away like buildings - it lived in memory forever."
Death
D
"The narrator and the girl were bound by story, by word, by the power of narrative itself."
Death
G
"The letters written in cursive told the story of a family cursed by its own repetitive destiny."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
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"Literature saves us from ourselves"
Marie-Laure
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"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death
H
"Words are very powerful."
Hans Hubermann
D
"She loves the words."
Death
D
"She stole books. That's what you have to understand."
Death
L
"The words kept coming."
Liesel Meminger
D
"She read to save herself."
Death
G
"The manuscripts contained the entire history of Macondo, written as if it had not yet happened."
Gabriel García Márquez (Narrator)
D
"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death
L
"The words. Why are they so damned important?"
Liesel Meminger
L
"Words are light."
Liesel Meminger
L
"The words were bleeding onto the page."
Liesel Meminger
D
"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
Death
H
"Liesel, she is living here now. In the basement. She is stealing my words."
Hans Hubermann
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"Words are life. We read to know we are not alone."
Hans Hubermann
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"The book thief stole books. Not really, not yet anyway."
Death
L
"Words are a girl's best friend."
Liesel Meminger
D
"To steal a book is to love the story."
Death
H
"The beauty of language is that it can build or destroy."
Hans Hubermann