The Book Thief
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Max Vandenburg: So... How is Rudy?
Liesel Meminger: I don't know. Rudy is a pain in the neck.
Max Vandenburg: The only thing worse than a boy you hate, is a boy you like, right?

Hans Hubermann: Your first book! Are you sure this is yours?
Liesel Meminger: It wasn't always mine.

Rudy Steiner: How about that kiss?

Max Vandenburg: Words are life, Liesel. All those pages, they're for you to fill.

Max Vandenburg: Memory is the scribe of the soul.

Liesel Meminger: Mama! They're coming! They're checking basements.

Rudy Steiner: What's an accountant?
Hans Hubermann: Something we will never need.

Narrator: While ten thousand souls hid their heads in fear and trembled, one jew thanked God for the stars that blessed his eyes.

Liesel Meminger: I keep thinking about Max, wondering where he is.
Hans Hubermann: Me too. I'm not sure what it all meant. Everything he went through. Everything we did.
Liesel Meminger: We were just being people. That's what people do.

Rosa Hubermann: Can we trust her? She's a child.
Hans Hubermann: She's our daughter.

Max Vandenburg: Tell me, where do you get these words?
Liesel Meminger: It's a secret.
Max Vandenburg: Who would I tell?

Rudy Steiner: You're stealing books? Why?
Liesel Meminger: When life robs you, sometimes you have to rob it back.

Death: The bombs were falling thicker now. It's probably fair to say that no-one was able to serve the Führer as loyally as me.

Rosa Hubermann: This is the stupidest thing I've ever done.
Hans Hubermann: Yes, and just look how happy you are.

Max Vandenburg: I'm not lost to you, Liesel. You'll always be able to find me in your words. That's where I'll live on.

Max Vandenburg: If your eyes could speak, what would they say?

Max Vandenburg: "Don't ever apologize to me. It should be me who apologizes to you."

Rudy Steiner: Good night, book thief.
Liesel Meminger: Good night, fish.

Liesel Meminger: Who is he, papa?
Hans Hubermann: His name is Max. He needs help. I need you to promise me that you will not tell anyone.

Liesel Meminger: Is that your book?
Max Vandenburg: It wasn't always mine.

Other mistake: Liesel goes to live with Papa and Mama in 1937, and starts attending school. About half way through the movie, 1942, Mama goes to school to tell her that Max was okay. Liesel is still sitting in the same chair and with the same teacher as in 1937, and the kids around her have not changed a bit.

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