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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 day was gray, the color of Europe.”

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“When death captures me,' the boy vowed, 'he will feel my fist on his face.'

Personally, I quite like that. Such stupid gallantry.

Yes.

I like that a lot.”

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“Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew.”

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“The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.”

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“He was waving. "Saukerl," she laughed, and as she held up her hand, she knew completely that he was simultaneously calling her a Saumensch. I think that's as close to love as eleven-year-olds can get.”

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“for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.”

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“She rubbed her eyes, and after a long study of his face, she spoke
"Is it really you?"
Is it from your cheek, she thought, that I took the seed?
The man nodded.
His heart wobbled and he held tighter to the branches.
It is.”

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“In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being. So much good, so much evil. Just add water.”

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

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“Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.”

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“A small fact:
You are going to die…. does this worry you?”

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Variant: ***HERE IS A SMALL FACT***
You are going to die.
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“Death waits for no man - and if he does, he doesn't usually wait for very long.”

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“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.”

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“Summer came.
For the books thief, everything was going nicely.
For me, the sky was the color of Jews.”

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“You can't eat books, sweetheart.”

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“First the colours.
Then the humans.
That’s usually how I see things.
Or at least, how I try.”

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“A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”

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“I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”

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“How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.”

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