The Book Thief

HERE IS A SMALL FACT You are going to die.

“Saukerl! Lick my ass! I’ll speak as loud as I want!”

The scrawled words of practice stood magnificently on the wall by the stairs, jagged and childlike and sweet. They looked on as both the hidden Jew and the girl slept, hand to shoulder.

They breathed.

German and Jewish lungs.

the other side of the window.

It was impossible to be angry at him for long.

You hungry? Rudy asked.

Liesel replied. Starving. For a book.

It was the first time Liesel had been branded with her title, and she couldnt hide the fact that she liked it very much.

Liesel Meminger truly became the book thief.

Its a shame you cant eat books

When I glanced back at the plane, the pilots open mouth appeared to be smiling. A final dirty joke. Another human punch line.