More quotes by Markus Zusak, 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."
"Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die."
"Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day."
"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 only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter."