When we move apart, she looks at me again, till a small tear lifts itself up in her eye. It trips out to find a wrinkle and follows it down.

There was the gate next, which she(Liesel)clung to. A gang of tears trudged from her eyes as she held on and refused to go inside. People started to gather on the street, until Rosa Hubermann swore at them, after which they reversed back whence they came. ~A TRANSLATION OF ROSA HUBERMANN’S ANNOUNCEMENT~ ‘What are you arseholes looking at?

Can a person steal happiness? Or is just another internal, infernal human trick?

How'd it feel?" Rube asked himself. "I don't know exactly, but it made me want to howl.

..As always, she was carrying the washing. Rudy was carrying two buckets of cold water, or as he put it, two buckets of future ice.

...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.

How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.