Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Book Thief.
Love Quotes
From the toolbox the boy took out, of all things, a teddy bear. He reached in through the torn windshield and placed it on the pilot's chest. (3.9, 3.10)
Literature and Writing Quotes
The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career. (5.119)
War Quotes
The last time I saw her was red. The sky was like soup, boiling and stirring. In some places it was burned. There were black crumbs and pepper, streaked across the redness. (4.1)
Mortality Quotes
You are going to die. (1.6)
Identity Quotes
You are going to die. (1.6)
Criminality Quotes
Her brother was dead. (5.24)
Language and Communication Quotes
In the beginning, it was the profanity that made an immediate impact. It was so vehement and prolific. Every other word was either Saumensch or Saukerl or Arschloch (6.14)
Suffering Quotes
I witness the ones that are left behind, crumbled among the jigsaw puzzles of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs. (1.22)
Courage Quotes
At school, Rudy made a special point of seeking Liesel out during the breaks. He didn't care that others made noises about the new girl's stupidity. (8.47)