The Book Thief is a historical novel by Australian author Markus Zusak, and is his most popular work. Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies. Profoundly inspirational The Book Thief quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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The only thing worse than a boy who hates you a boy that loves you. The Book Thief
I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. Markus Zusak
He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. The Book Thief
Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. Markus Zusak
If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. The Book Thief
It kills me sometimes, how people die. Markus Zusak
I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there. The Book Thief
I am haunted by humans. Markus Zusak
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. The Book Thief
I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn’t already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. 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. Markus Zusak
Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. The Book Thief
Even death has a heart. Markus Zusak
Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I’ll never drink champagne. No one can play like you. The Book Thief
He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. Markus Zusak
Can a person steal happiness? Or is it just another internal, infernal human trick? The Book Thief
Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty four hours a day. Markus Zusak
Sometimes I think my papa is an accordion. When he looks at me and smiles and breathes, I hear the notes. The Book Thief
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel 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. Markus Zusak
I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. The Book Thief
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship. Markus Zusak
She was the book thief without the words. The Book Thief
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. Markus Zusak
The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn’t be any of this. The Book Thief
Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. I’m okay we say. I’m alright. But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can’t get it off. That’s when you realize that sometimes it isn’t even an answer it’s a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced. Markus Zusak
As always, one of her books was next to her. The Book Thief
If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. Markus Zusak
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. The Book Thief
His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do the best ones. The ones who rise up and say I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come. Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places. Markus Zusak
She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it. The Book Thief
Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die. Markus Zusak
One was a book thief, the other stole the sky. The Book Thief
I carried Rudy softly through the broken Street with him I tried a little harder at comforting. I watched the contents of his soul for a moment and saw a black painted boy calling the name Jesse Owens as he ran through an imaginary tape. I saw him hip deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a kiss would taste from his glorious next door neighbor. He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. Markus Zusak
You can’t eat books, sweetheart. The Book Thief
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. Markus Zusak
When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything. The Book Thief
She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it. Markus Zusak
You cannot be afraid. Read the book. Smile at it. It’s a great book the greatest book you’ve ever read. The Book Thief
I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there. Markus Zusak
It’s a small story really, about, among other things a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. The Book Thief
One was a book thief. The other stole the sky. Markus Zusa
Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness. The Book Thief
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. Markus Zusak
I am haunted by humans. The Book Thief
People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, Cloud spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them. Marcus Zusak
One opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death. The Book Thief
Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction. Markus Zusak
You’re a human, you should understand self obsession. The Book Thief
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate. Markus Zusak
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship. The Book Thief
I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life. Markus Zusak
