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Please believe me when I tell ...

Please believe me when I tell you that I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born. I even kissed a few weary, poisoned cheeks. I listened to their last, gasping cries. Their vanishing words. I watched their love visions and freed them from their fear.

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...they watched the humans dis...

...they watched the humans disappear. They watched them dissolve, like moving tablets in the humid air.

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After perhaps thirty meters, j...

After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next door brought her down. He forced her knees to the road and suffered the penalty. He collected her punches as if they were presents. Her bony hands and elbows were accepted with nothing but a few short moans. He accumulated the loud, clumsy specks of saliva and tears as if they were lovely to his face, and more important, he was able to hold her down.

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I carried [Rudy] softly throug...

I carried [Rudy] softly through the broken street...with him I tried a little harder [at comforting]. I watched the contents of his soul for a moment and saw a black-painted boy calling the name Jesse Owens as he ran through an imaginary tape. I saw him hip-deep in some icy water, chasing a book, and I saw a boy lying in bed, imagining how a kiss would taste from his glorious next-door neighbor. He does something to me, that boy. Every time. It's his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.

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His soul sat up. It met me. Th...

His soul sat up. It met me. Those kinds of souls always do - the best ones. The ones who rise up and say 'I know who you are and I am ready. Not that I want to go, of course, but I will come.' Those souls are always light because more of them have been put out. More of them have already found their way to other places.

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She leaned down and looked at ...

She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even

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I am constantly overestimating...

I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.

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The words. Why did they have t...

The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn't be any of this.

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How does it feel, anyway?' Ho...

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.

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Just be patient, she told hers...

Just be patient, she told herself, and with the mounting pages, the strength of her writing fist grew.

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A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE ...

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

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Clearly, I see it. I was just ...

Clearly, I see it. I was just about to leave when I found her kneeling there. A mountain range of rubble was written, designed, erected around her. She was clucthing at a book.

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You cannot be afraid, Read the...

You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.

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The book thief has struck for ...

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

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As always, one of her books wa...

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

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A snowball in the face is sure...

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

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Somewhere, far down, there was...

Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.

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It was a Monday and they walke...

It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.

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People observe the colors of a...

People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them.

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Of course, I'm being rude. I'm...

Of course, I'm being rude. I'm spoiling the ending, not only of the entire book, but of this particular piece of it. I have given you two events in advance, because I don't have much interest in building mystery. Mystery bores me. It chores me. I know what happens and so do you. It's the machinations that wheel us there that aggravate, perplex, interest, and astound me. There are many things to think of. There is much story.

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