“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.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction.”
― The Book Thief
― 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.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
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