"She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his…"

"[First lines] Here is a small fact: You are going to die. I am in all truthfulness attempting to be cheerful about th…"

"How about a kiss, Saumensch?"

"He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His trousers …"

"[Rudy protecting Liesel from Nazi soldiers] Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next door brought her…"

"I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality, but what could I tell her about those things…"

"I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]. I watched the c…"

"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 …"

"A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human heart is a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless…"

"Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the cl…"