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Markus Zusak, The Book Thief Quotes: Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.
         

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.


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If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.



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Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.



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I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.



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No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.



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It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.



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As always, one of her books was next to her.



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