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1 " The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. "
― Markus Zusak , The Book Thief
2 " He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry. "
3 " A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love,often deciphered by children "
4 " 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... "
5 " If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale. "
― Nicholas Sparks , The Book Thief
6 " If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. "
7 " Even death has a heart. "
8 " Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. "
― Anaïs Nin , The Book Thief
9 " I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life. "
10 " Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick? "
11 " At 50, everyone has the face he deserves. "
― George Orwell , The Book Thief
12 " L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin. "
― Franz Kafka , The Book Thief
13 " You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy "
― happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival , The Book Thief
14 " The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing. "
― Eric Berne , The Book Thief
15 " While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. "
― Angela Schwindt , The Book Thief
16 " So much good, so much evil. Just add water. "
17 " 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. "
18 " ***A KEY WORD*** Imagined "
19 " It kills me sometimes, how people die. "
20 " 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. "