He’s telling Liesel’s story to prove to himself that humans can be beautiful and selfless and worthwhile.
Her mouth jittered. Her cold arms were folded. Tears were frozen to the book thief’s face.
Her heart at that point was slippery and hot, and loud, so loud so loud.
He watched them grow, until eventually, great forests of words had risen throughout Germany.... It was a nation of farmed thoughts.
He was hanging from one of the rafters in a laundry up near Frau Diller's. Another human pendulum. Another clock, stopped.
He wanted to walk out—Lord, how he wanted to (or at least he to want to)—but he knew he wouldn’t. It was much the same as the way he left his family in Stuttgart, under a veil of fabricated loyalty.T...
He walked from one end of the basement to the other, the lamplight magnifying his shadow. It turned him into a giant on the wall, walking back and forth. When he stopped pacing, his shadow loomed behi...
He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.
Have faith, Ed, all right?'I search the coffee mug, but there's none in there.
Había un tren y un niño tosiendo. Había nieve y una niña destrozada por el dolor.
Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you.-Liesel
From a distance, people observed. Such a thing was easier from far away.
Finally, in October 1945, a man with swampy eyes, feathers of hair, and a clean-shaven face walked into the shop. He approached the counter. Is there someone here by the name of Liesel Meminger? Yes,...
Everything was so desperately noisy in the dark when he was alone. Each time he moved, there was the sound of a crease. He felt like a man in a paper suit.
Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.
Es el tipo de cosas que nunca sabré o llegaré a comprender: de qué son capaces los humanos.
Eleven-year-old paranoia was powerful. Eleven-year-old relief was euphoric.
El chico del avión, pensé. El del oso de peluche. ¿Dónde estaba el último consuelo de Rudy? ¿Dónde estaba esa persona que consolarle de que le robaran la vida? ¿Quién estaba allí para tranquilizarlo c...
Duden Dictionary Meaning #4. Wort - Word: A meaningful unit of language / a promise / a short remark, statement, or conversation. Related words: term, name, expession.
Don’t go, papa. Please. Her spoon-holding hand is shaking. First we lost Max. I can’t lose you now, too.