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  1. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    With a smile like that, you don't need eyes.
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  2. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    In the morning's early hours, quiet voices were loud.
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  3. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    No-one's urine smells as good as your own.
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  4. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    Don't go, papa. Please. Her spoon-holding hand is shaking. First we lost Max. I can't lose you now, too.
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  5. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    If I die anytime soon, you make sure they bury me right.
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  6. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic.
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  7. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them, but now and then, I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs."
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  8. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    Every night, Liesel made her way down to the basement. She kept the book with her at all times. For hours, she wrote, attempting each night to complete ten pages of her life. There was so much to consider, so many things in danger of being left out. Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew.
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  9. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors.
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  10. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    *** THE CONTRADICTORY POLITICS OF ALEX STEINER *** Point One: He was a member of the Nazi Party but he did not hate the Jews, or anyone else for that matter. Point Two: Secretly, though, he couldn't help feeling a percentage of relief {or worse – gladness!} when Jewish shop owners were put out of business – propaganda informed him that it was only a matter of time before a plague of Jewish tailors showed up and stole his customers. Point Three: But did that mean they should be driven out completely? Point Four: His family. Surely, he had to do whatever he could to support them. If that meant being in the Party, it meant being in the Party. Point Five: Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.
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  11. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    Many times, she wanted to ask her papa if he might teach her to play, but somehow, something always stopped her. Perhaps an unknown intuition told her that she would never be able to play it like Hans Hubermann. Surely, not even the world's greatest accordionists could compare. They could never be equal to the casual concentration on Papa's face. Or there wouldn't be a paintwork-traded cigarette slouched on the player's lips. And they could never make a small mistake with a three-note laugh of hindsight. Not the way he could.
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  12. Markus Zusak _ The Book Thief

    The science of Papa's trade brought him an even greater level of respect. It was well and good to share bread and music, but it was nice for Liesel to know that he was also more than capable in his occupation. Competence was attractive.
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