THE BOOK THIEF QUOTES ABOUT BOOKS

“A person is only as good as the books they read.” – Liesel Meminger

“The words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.” – Narrator

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” – Liesel Meminger

“She stole books, as they showed her, paradoxically, how she never wanted to be.” – Narrator

“The consequence of this was that Liesel Meminger had a supremely well-fed graveyard appetite.” – Narrator

“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.” – Liesel Meminger

“She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist’s suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers…She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on…” – Narrator

“It was a year for Rudy Steiner to become a Jesse Owens. A boy like Rudy, who was meant for courting the earth, was not meant for breaststroke. He was a carpenter of a human, a collector of moments, and an inspirer of love.” – Narrator

“As they walked, Hans admired the strength of her fingers. They were bent and sore, but there was a food to be given and mouths to be made happy. Matters of the soul had to wait until matters of bread were dealt with first.” – Narrator

“People are going to carry on with the business of living, when you were never really alive to begin with.” – Liesel Meminger

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

“She spent as much time as possible up in her room reading, so she wouldn’t have to listen to the silence of the basement, where Papa cried.” – Narrator CHRISTMAS CAROL DICKENS QUOTES

“And I was beginning to realize that being illiterate, as I had wrongly suspected, was just another type of imprisonment.” – Liesel Meminger

“She had stolen a book someone had worked very hard to write, someone had poured all their darkness and intelligence into, someone had spent years sitting alone in a room, tapping and rubbing on the glass, getting it just the way they wanted it before they slighted it with a curator’s five-finger discount.” – Narrator

“I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” – Liesel Meminger

“She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward.” – Narrator

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

“Words are life, Liesel. All those pages, they’re for you to fill.” – Max Vandenburg

“Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she wasn’t reading, she was writing. She had a mountain of pages and much to tell.” – Narrator

“The beauty of humans is that they can be cursed and blessed by a single piece of ink.” – Narrator

“A soft and furious voice came out. With more German floating around his mouth than he would have thought possible, he made an announcement. ‘I hate Hitler.'” – Narrator

“In years to come, he would let himself look at the girl who was reading and see that she was out of his reach.” – Narrator