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“The Germans in basements were pitiable, surely, but at least they had a chance. That basement was not a washroom. They were not sent there for a shower. For those people, life was still achievable.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“The orange flames waved at the crowd as paper and print dissolved inside them. Burning words were torn from their sentences.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“I am not violent. I am not malicious. I am a result.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“… it was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger.
The sky was dripping.
Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn’t quite managed.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“I’m Angelina,” she says. “Are you here to save us?” I can see a tiny spark of hope awaken in her eyes.
“You’re right, Angelina - I’m here to save you.”
“Can you? Really?”
“I’ll try,” I say and the girl smiles.”

Markus Zusak

Source: I Am the Messenger

“Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Variant: Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.
Source: The Book Thief

“Yes, I know it.
In the darkness of my dark beating heart,
I know. He'd have loved it alright.
You see?
Even Death Has A Heart.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“And then there's the sickness I feel from looking at legs I can't touch, or at lips that don't smile at me. Or hips that don't reach for me. And hearts that don't beat for me.”

Markus Zusak book Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Source: Fighting Ruben Wolfe

“THE LAST WORDS OF MAX VANDENBURG: You've done enough.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

The Book Thief

“Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“The bombs were coming-and so was I.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.”

Markus Zusak

Source: I Am the Messenger

“Tears were frozen to the book theif's face.”

Markus Zusak

“There are moments when you can only stand and stare, watching the world forget you as you remove yourself from it - when you overcome it and cease to exist as the person you were.”

Markus Zusak

Source: Getting the Girl

“I'm asking you, I'm begging you, could you please shut your mouth for just five minutes?"
You can imagine the reaction. They ended up in the basement.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“The human child – so much cannier at times than the stupefyingly ponderous adult.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and trip. Some make their way around. Some remain in their seats, waiting for their opportunity.”

Markus Zusak

Source: I Am the Messenger

“July 24, 6:03 A. M.
The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff…
Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing.
He killed himself for wanting to live.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief

“Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment.
'There were stars,' He said. 'They burned my eyes.’
… from a Himmel street window, he wrote, the stars set fire to my eyes.”

Markus Zusak book The Book Thief

Source: The Book Thief