"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 am haunted by humans."

"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…"