Competence was attractive.

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?

I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.

I want to talk to him. I want to ask him about that girl and if he loved her and still misses her.

Five hundred souls. I carried them in my fingers, like suitcases. Or I'd throw them over my shoulder. It was only the the children I carried in my arms.

Even enemies were an inch away from friendship.

She was a girl with a mountain to climb.