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

A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.

… 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.

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

Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.

I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.

Please, trust me, I most definitely can be cheerful. I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that's only the A's. Just don't ask me to be nice. Nice has nothing to do with me.

I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.

Sometimes I just survive. But sometimes I stand on the rooftop of my existence, arms stretched out, begging for more.

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

Fear is the illusion that I have some control over the bad things that might happen to me.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

The present stage redefines the possibilities of man and nature in accordance with the new means available for their realization.

Art collecting has traditionally been the domain of wealthy individuals in search of rewards beyond the purely financial.

It may be too late for West Virginia to save itself from the ravages of Big Coal. But it's not too late for America.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us.

And I told you, I'm not going to pursue another man's girlfriend. You want to talk honor. There it is in its purest form

I love doing live action movies, but there's a great job in doing animation, especially one with music.

It shocks me when young kids still say, 'I want to do a magazine,'

Be cool to the pizza dude.