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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.

How about a kiss, Saumensch? He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing her the book. His pants clung to him, and he did not stop walking. In truth, I think he was afraid. Rudy Steiner was scared of the book thief’s kiss. He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.

“He must have longed for it so much. He must have loved her so incredibly hard. So hard that he would never ask for her lips again and would go to his grave without them.”

“a snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” // “she leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and liesel kissed her best friend, rudy steiner, soft and true on his lips.”

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

— the book thief, markus zusak

“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.”