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The Book Thief

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak

The Book Thief is a historical novel by Australian author Markus Zusak and is his most popular work.

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“The conversation of bullets.”

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“The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both. (Death)”

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Variant: I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same can be both.
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“The silence was always the greates temptation.”

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“The injury of words.
Yes, the brutality of words.”

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“It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.”

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“Saumensch, du dreckiges—it’s about time!”

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“You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue.”

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“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

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“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”

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“It was a year for the ages, like 79, like 1346, to name just a few. Forget the scythe, Goddamn it, I needed a broom or a mop. And I needed a vacation.”

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“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.”

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Variant: Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
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“The bombs were coming-and so was I.”

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“Somewhere in all the snow, she could see her broken heart, in two pieces. Each half was glowing, and beating under all that white.”

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“She could smell the pages. She could almost taste the words as they stacked up around her.”

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“When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.”

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“There was also a rumor that later in the day, she walked fully clothed into the Amper River and said something very strange.
Something about a kiss.
Something about a Saumensch.
How many times did she have to say goodbye?”

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“Five hundred souls.
I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.”

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“It's hard to not like a man who not only notices the colors, but speaks them.”

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