At the beginning of the summer, I promised myself I would get back into reading. After spending the entire year basically doing everything other than reading, I was itching to get a book in my hands.
So, naturally, I made a summer reading list. One of the books on that list was The Book Thief.
This book has been one that I’ve been wanting to read for a while. I will be honest that before I knew it was a book I watched the movie. I have to say, that the movie did well in portraying the book.
It did, however, miss the personification of death that is so prominent in the book. 
Either way, I have to say that the book is definitely one of my favorites.
I am a big sucker for books that make me cry. This is definitely one of those books.
I don’t want to spoil anything. But I feel that I have to include some of the quotes in the book. Markus Zusak is definitely a genius and is amazing with his words.
So here are some of my favorite quotes (more like paragraphs..oops) from the book:
“*** A Definition Found In The Dictionary Not Leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children. ***”
“Some days Papa told her to get back in bed and wait a minute, and he would return with his accordion and play for her. Liesel would sit up and hum, her cold toes clenched with excitement. No one had ever given her music before. She would grin herself stupid, watching the lines drawing themselves down his face and the soft metal of his eyes — until the swearing arrived from the kitchen.”
“It was one of those moments of perfect tiredness, of having conquered not only the work at hand, but the night who had blocked the way”
“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”
“It was Papa who spoke. “How did it look?” Max lifted his head, with great sorrow and great astonishment. “There were stars,” he said. “They burned my eyes.””
“The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.”
None of those quotes give anything away, but I feel that they give a good idea of a lot of the different things that are shown throughout the book. It’s an incredible story about love (for humans, books, stories, life), family, and death. It’s refreshing that the story itself is in the perspective of a German girl. It’s a good contrast to the story of Anne Frank. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. Markus Zusak is a complete artist in the way he writes.
There are more quotes here: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/878368-the-book-thief
Love, Soar 