More quotes by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

"He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world.She was the book thief without the words.Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain."
"for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right."
"I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I even 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...I AM HAUNTED BY HUMANS."
"It kills me sometimes, how people die."
"He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It’s his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry."