Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.
Even the enemies were an inch away from friendship.
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 cons...
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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 Leisel Meminger?Yes, s...
Fingers touch the pages. They turn me. I continue on. I always do. All is big. The
For a moment, I panic. It's that feeling of falling when you know without question, that you've lost control of your car, or made a mistake that's beyond repair. 'What do I do now?' I ask desperately....
For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the scene. Liesel did not. The book thief...
For most of the journey, he made his way through the book,trying never to look up.The words lolled in his mouth as he read them.Strangely, as he turned the pages and progressed through the chapters, i...
For two days I went about my business. I travelled the globe as always, handing souls to the conveyor belt of eternity.
Frau Lindner war eine scharfkantige Frau mit dicken Brillengläsern und einem ruchlosen Blick. Sie hatte sich diesen Blick zugelegt, um jeden Gedanken an Diebstahl in ihrem Laden im Keim zu ersticken....
God damn, you were so beautiful, Mama.
God. Twice I speak it. I say His name in a futile attempt to understand. But it's not your job to understand. That's me who answers. God never says anything. You think you're the only one he never ans...
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
Ha dejado que la ame durante tres minutos.«¿Pueden tres minutos durar eternamente?», me pregunto pese a conocer la respuesta.«Probablemente no —contesto—. Pero tal vez duren lo suficiente.»
Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.
He prefers not to ruin things with any more questions. What it is is what it is.
He remained shrouded in his uniform as the graying light arm-wrestled the sky.
He talked to people and fooled them into liking him, trusting him. He talked to them while he was killing them, torturing and turning the knife. It was only when there was no one to talk to that he wh...
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...
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