Best Liesel Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

Source: The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition

“Each night, Liesel would step outside, wipe the door, and watch the sky. Usually it was like spillage - cold and heavy, slippery and gray - but once in a while some stars had the nerve to rise and float, if only for a few minutes. On those nights, she would stay a little longer and wait. Hello, stars.”

Ifs Littles Night Stars Waiting Steps Watches Doors Sky Minutes Cold Heavy Nerves Gray Hello Floats Wipe Slippery Liesel Spillage

Author:Markus Zusak

“He was the crazy one who had painted himself black and defeated the world. She was the book thief without the words. Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.”

World Way Book Hands Black Crazy Rain Patience Clouds Thieves Defeated Trust Me Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition

“She said it out loud, the words distributed into a room that was full of cold air and books. Books everywhere! Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet immaculate shelving. It was barely possible to see paintwork. There were all different styles and sizes of lettering on the spines of the black, the red, the gray, the every-colored books. It was one of the most beautiful things Liesel Meminger had ever seen. With wonder, she smiled. That such a room existed!”

Source: The Book Thief: 10th Anniversary Edition

“How does it feel, anyway?" How does what feel?" When you take one of those books?" At that moment, she chose to keep still. If he wants an answer, he'd have to come back, and he did. "Well?" he asked, but again, it was the boy who replied, before Liesel could even open her mouth. It feels good, doesn't it? To steal something back.”

Ifs Want Feels Wells Doe Stills Book Moments Answers Boys Mouths Stealing Feel Good That Moment Liesel

Author:Markus Zusak

“Liesel's blood had dried inside of her. It crumbled. She almost broke into pieces on the steps.”

Steps Pieces Blood Broke Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“What do you want to kiss me for? I'm filthy.'- Liesel So am I.'- Rudy”

Want Kissing Kiss Me Filthy Rudy Liesel

Author:Markus Zusak

“After another ten minutes, the gates of thievery would open just a crack, and Liesel Meminger would widen them a little further and squeeze through. ***TWO QUESTIONS*** Would the gates shut behind her? Or would they have the goodwill to let her back out? As Liesel would discover, a good thief requires many things. Stealth. Nerve. Speed. More important than any of those things, however, was one final requirement. Luck. Actually. Forget the ten minutes. The gates open now.”

Littles Two Important Forget Behinds Minutes Ten Luck Finals Speed Gates Cracks Nerves Thieves Requirements Goodwill Stealth Thievery Liesel Liesel Meminger

Author:Markus Zusak

“Liesel shrugged away entirely from the crowd and entered the tide of Jews, weaving through them till she grabbed hold of his arm with her left hand. His face fell on her. It reached down as she tripped, and the Jew,the nasty Jew, helped her up. It took all of his strength.”

Hands Faces Left Arms Jew Crowds Tides Nasty Weaving Left Hand Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“Goodbye, Papa, you saved me. You taught me to read. No one can play like you. I'll never drink champagne. No one can play like you." -Liesel”

Play Taught Like You Drink Saved Goodbye Champagne Papa Liesel You Saved Me

Author:Markus Zusak

“For at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw visions of the whistler running from the scene. Liesel did not. The book thief saw only the mechanics of the words--their bodies stranded on the paper, beaten down for her to walk on. Somewhere, too, in the gaps between a period and the next capital letter, there was also Max. She remembered reading to him when he was sick. It he in the basement? she wondered. Or is he stealing a glimpse of the sky again?”

“As she watched all of this, Liesel was certain that these were the poorest souls alive. That's what she wrote about them . . . Some looked appealingly at those who had come to observe their humiliation, this prelude to their deaths. Others pleaded for someone, anyone to step forward and catch them in their arms. No one did.”

Soul Certain Steps Alive Arms Humiliation Poorest Steps Forward Prelude Liesel

Author:Markus Zusak

“… it was raining on Himmel Street when the world ended for Liesel Meminger. The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn’t quite managed.”

World Children Turns Sky Streets Rain Hardest Turn Off Dripping Liesel Liesel Meminger Himmel Street

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“She was battered and beaten up, and not smiling this time. Liesel could see it on her face. Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from the words. From Liesel's words.”

Eye Faces Cutting Blood Skins Series Lips Surface Wounds Noses Rising Her Eyes Beaten Battered Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“One day, Liesel.' he said, 'you'll be dying to kiss me.”

Said Dying One Day Kissing Kiss Me Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“You should give it to Max, Liesel. See if you can leave it on the bedside table, like all the other things." Liesel watched him as if he'd gone insane. "How, though?" Lightly, he tapped her skull with his knuckles. "Memorize it. Then write it down for him.”

Ifs Giving Should Writing Gone Tables Insane Max Skulls Knuckles Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.”

Made Eye Father Kindness Silver Strangeness Liesel

Book:Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger

Source: Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger

“There was the gate next, which she(Liesel)clung to. A gang of tears trudged from her eyes as she held on and refused to go inside. People started to gather on the street, until Rosa Hubermann swore at them, after which they reversed back whence they came. ~A TRANSLATION OF ROSA HUBERMANN’S ANNOUNCEMENT~ ‘What are you arseholes looking at?”

People Eye Next Streets Tears Gates Her Eyes Gang Translations Rosa Liesel Arseholes

Book:Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger

Source: Markus Zusak: The Book Thief & I Am the Messenger

“Liesel crossed the bridge over the Amper River. The water was glorious and emerald and rich. She could see the stones at the bottom and hear the familiar song of water. The world did not deserve such a river.”

World Song Water Rich Deserve Rivers Stones Bottom Familiar Bridges Glorious Emeralds Liesel

Book:The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition

“And I can promise you something, because it was a thing I saw many years later - a vision in the book thief herself - that as she knelt next to Hans Hubermann, she watched him stand and play the accordion. He stood and strapped it on in the alps of broken houses and played the accordion with kindness silver eyes and even a cigarette slouched on his lips. The bellows breathed and the tall man played for Liesel Meminger one last time as the sky was slowly taken away from her.”

Men Years I Can Book Play Eye Lasts Next House Vision Kindness Taken Saws Sky Broken Promise Lips Silver Tall Thieves Cigarette Last Time Accordions Alps Liesel Liesel Meminger

Author:Markus Zusak

“Rudy handed it back. "Speaking of which, I think we're both slightly in for it when we get home. You especially." "Why me?" "You know- your mama." "What about her?" Liesel was exercising the blatant right of every person who's ever belonged to a family. It's all very well for such a person to whine and moan and criticize other family members, but they won't let anyone else do it. That's when you get your back up and show loyalty.”

Thinking Knows Wells Persons Shows Home Exercise Members Loyalty Criticize Mama Family Members Why Me Rudy Liesel

Author:Markus Zusak