More quotes by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

"I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life."
"They say that war is death's best friend, but I must offer you a different point of view on that one. To me, war is like the new boss who expects the impossible. He stands over your shoulder repeating one thin, incessantly: 'Get it done, get it done.' So you work harder. You get the job done. The boss, however, does not thank you. He asks for more."
"Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?"
"Together, they would watch everything that was so carefully planned collapse, and they would smile at the beauty of destruction."
"If they killed him tonight, at least he would die alive."