The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.

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

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

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

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.

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

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.

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

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

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

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

The spirit of divinity lives in you.

And thanks to Christina McMullen, who has taught me that common sense and intelligence need not have any correlation whatsoever.

If you're born once, you die twice; but if you're born twice, you die once.

The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

We are really the victims of our own problems

Love is a greater mystery than death.

Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had.

There is no Algorithm for Humor

You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future