More quotes by Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

"If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter."
"I want words at my funeral. But I guess that means you need life in your life."
"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."
"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."
"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."