Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, i... - Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
"Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?"
"Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?"
"A halo surrounded the grim reaper nun, Sister Maria. (By the way-I like this human idea of the grim reaper. I like the scythe. It amuses me.)"
"If they killed him tonight, at least he would die alive."
"It felt as though the whole globe was dressed in snow. Like it has pulled it on, the way you pull on a sweater. Next to the train line, footprints were sunken to their shins. Trees wore blankets of ice. As you may expect, someone has died."
"I am haunted by humans."
"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."