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The Book Thief

The Book Thief

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


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“Two weeks to change the world, fourteen days to destroy it.”

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“Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.”

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Variant: I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.
Source: The Book Thief

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“As always, one of her books was next to her.”

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“They were French, they were Jews, and they were you.”

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“They'd been standing like that for thirty seconds of forever.”

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

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The Book Thief

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“I am haunted by humans.”

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“The song was born on her breathe and died at her lips.”

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